#define IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT_SAE     (HZ * 2)
 #define IEEE80211_AUTH_MAX_TRIES       3
 #define IEEE80211_AUTH_WAIT_ASSOC      (HZ * 5)
+#define IEEE80211_AUTH_WAIT_SAE_RETRY  (HZ * 2)
 #define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT                (HZ / 5)
 #define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT_LONG   (HZ / 2)
 #define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT_SHORT  (HZ / 10)
                    (status_code == WLAN_STATUS_ANTI_CLOG_REQUIRED ||
                     (auth_transaction == 1 &&
                      (status_code == WLAN_STATUS_SAE_HASH_TO_ELEMENT ||
-                      status_code == WLAN_STATUS_SAE_PK))))
+                      status_code == WLAN_STATUS_SAE_PK)))) {
+                       /* waiting for userspace now */
+                       ifmgd->auth_data->waiting = true;
+                       ifmgd->auth_data->timeout =
+                               jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_WAIT_SAE_RETRY;
+                       ifmgd->auth_data->timeout_started = true;
+                       run_again(sdata, ifmgd->auth_data->timeout);
                        goto notify_driver;
+               }
 
                sdata_info(sdata, "%pM denied authentication (status %d)\n",
                           mgmt->sa, status_code);
 
        if (ifmgd->auth_data && ifmgd->auth_data->timeout_started &&
            time_after(jiffies, ifmgd->auth_data->timeout)) {
-               if (ifmgd->auth_data->done) {
+               if (ifmgd->auth_data->done || ifmgd->auth_data->waiting) {
                        /*
-                        * ok ... we waited for assoc but userspace didn't,
-                        * so let's just kill the auth data
+                        * ok ... we waited for assoc or continuation but
+                        * userspace didn't do it, so kill the auth data
                         */
                        ieee80211_destroy_auth_data(sdata, false);
                } else if (ieee80211_auth(sdata)) {