diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_internal.h b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_internal.h
index 67340c64ed..527f5949fe 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_internal.h
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_internal.h
@@ -1381,6 +1381,8 @@ static inline void dp_set_peer_isolation(struct dp_txrx_peer *peer, bool val)
 }
 #endif /* QCA_SUPPORT_PEER_ISOLATION */
 
+bool dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(struct dp_vdev *vdev);
+
 #ifdef QCA_SUPPORT_WDS_EXTENDED
 static inline void dp_wds_ext_peer_init(struct dp_txrx_peer *txrx_peer)
 {
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
index 0f110a70c6..bf966b237f 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
@@ -2208,12 +2208,12 @@ static inline void dp_srng_mem_free_consistent(struct dp_soc *soc,
 #endif /* DP_MEM_PRE_ALLOC */
 
 #ifdef QCA_SUPPORT_WDS_EXTENDED
-static bool dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(struct dp_vdev *vdev)
+bool dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(struct dp_vdev *vdev)
 {
 	return vdev->wds_ext_enabled;
 }
 #else
-static bool dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(struct dp_vdev *vdev)
+bool dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(struct dp_vdev *vdev)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_tx.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_tx.c
index fd019ab18b..eea4927eee 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_tx.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_tx.c
@@ -2281,7 +2281,8 @@ dp_tx_update_mcast_param(uint16_t peer_id,
 						    msdu_info->gsn);
 
 		msdu_info->vdev_id = vdev->vdev_id + DP_MLO_VDEV_ID_OFFSET;
-		if (qdf_unlikely(vdev->nawds_enabled))
+		if (qdf_unlikely(vdev->nawds_enabled ||
+				 dp_vdev_is_wds_ext_enabled(vdev)))
 			HTT_TX_TCL_METADATA_GLBL_SEQ_HOST_INSPECTED_SET(
 							*htt_tcl_metadata, 1);
 	} else {