diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 7ceed99..f08c76a 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2680,11 +2680,13 @@ enum ieee80211_roc_type {
  * @channel_switch_beacon: Starts a channel switch to a new channel.
  *	Beacons are modified to include CSA or ECSA IEs before calling this
  *	function. The corresponding count fields in these IEs must be
- *	decremented, and when they reach zero the driver must call
+ *	decremented, and when they reach 1 the driver must call
  *	ieee80211_csa_finish(). Drivers which use ieee80211_beacon_get()
  *	get the csa counter decremented by mac80211, but must check if it is
- *	zero using ieee80211_csa_is_complete() after the beacon has been
+ *	1 using ieee80211_csa_is_complete() after the beacon has been
  *	transmitted and then call ieee80211_csa_finish().
+ *	If the CSA count starts as zero or 1, this function will not be called,
+ *	since there won't be any time to beacon before the switch anyway.
  *
  * @join_ibss: Join an IBSS (on an IBSS interface); this is called after all
  *	information in bss_conf is set up and the beacon can be retrieved. A
@@ -3383,13 +3385,13 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
  *
  * After a channel switch announcement was scheduled and the counter in this
- * announcement hit zero, this function must be called by the driver to
+ * announcement hits 1, this function must be called by the driver to
  * notify mac80211 that the channel can be changed.
  */
 void ieee80211_csa_finish(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_csa_is_complete - find out if counters reached zero
+ * ieee80211_csa_is_complete - find out if counters reached 1
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
  *
  * This function returns whether the channel switch counters reached zero.
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index fc5a1f9..2cf4476 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2956,17 +2956,20 @@ cfg80211_beacon_dup(struct cfg80211_beacon_data *beacon)
 	return new_beacon;
 }
 
-void ieee80211_csa_finalize_work(struct work_struct *work)
+void ieee80211_csa_finish(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
+
+	ieee80211_queue_work(&sdata->local->hw,
+			     &sdata->csa_finalize_work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_csa_finish);
+
+static void ieee80211_csa_finalize(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata =
-		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,
-			     csa_finalize_work);
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	int err, changed = 0;
 
-	if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
-		return;
-
 	sdata->radar_required = sdata->csa_radar_required;
 	err = ieee80211_vif_change_channel(sdata, &local->csa_chandef,
 					   &changed);
@@ -3014,6 +3017,18 @@ void ieee80211_csa_finalize_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	cfg80211_ch_switch_notify(sdata->dev, &local->csa_chandef);
 }
 
+void ieee80211_csa_finalize_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata =
+		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,
+			     csa_finalize_work);
+
+	if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
+		return;
+
+	ieee80211_csa_finalize(sdata);
+}
+
 int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 			     struct cfg80211_csa_settings *params)
 {
@@ -3022,7 +3037,7 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *chanctx_conf;
 	struct ieee80211_chanctx *chanctx;
 	struct ieee80211_if_mesh __maybe_unused *ifmsh;
-	int err, num_chanctx;
+	int err, num_chanctx, changed = 0;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&local->roc_list) || local->scanning)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -3061,19 +3076,40 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	switch (sdata->vif.type) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
-		sdata->csa_counter_offset_beacon =
-			params->counter_offset_beacon;
-		sdata->csa_counter_offset_presp = params->counter_offset_presp;
 		sdata->u.ap.next_beacon =
 			cfg80211_beacon_dup(&params->beacon_after);
 		if (!sdata->u.ap.next_beacon)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
+		/*
+		 * With a count of 0, we don't have to wait for any
+		 * TBTT before switching, so complete the CSA
+		 * immediately.  In theory, with a count == 1 we
+		 * should delay the switch until just before the next
+		 * TBTT, but that would complicate things so we switch
+		 * immediately too.  If we would delay the switch
+		 * until the next TBTT, we would have to set the probe
+		 * response here.
+		 *
+		 * TODO: A channel switch with count <= 1 without
+		 * sending a CSA action frame is kind of useless,
+		 * because the clients won't know we're changing
+		 * channels.  The action frame must be implemented
+		 * either here or in the userspace.
+		 */
+		if (params->count <= 1)
+			break;
+
+		sdata->csa_counter_offset_beacon =
+			params->counter_offset_beacon;
+		sdata->csa_counter_offset_presp = params->counter_offset_presp;
 		err = ieee80211_assign_beacon(sdata, &params->beacon_csa);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			kfree(sdata->u.ap.next_beacon);
 			return err;
 		}
+		changed |= err;
+
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		if (!sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined)
@@ -3101,9 +3137,16 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 		    params->chandef.chan->band)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		err = ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(sdata, params);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
+		/* see comments and TODO in the NL80211_IFTYPE_AP block */
+		if (params->count > 1) {
+			err = ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(sdata, params);
+			if (err < 0)
+				return err;
+			changed |= err;
+		}
+
+		ieee80211_send_action_csa(sdata, params);
+
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
@@ -3128,14 +3171,18 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 				ifmsh->pre_value++;
 		}
 
-		err = ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(sdata, params,
-						ifmsh->chsw_init);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			ifmsh->chsw_init = false;
-			ifmsh->csa_repeater = false;
-			return err;
+		if (params->count > 1) {
+			err = ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(sdata, params);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				ifmsh->chsw_init = false;
+				ifmsh->csa_repeater = false;
+				return err;
+			}
+			changed |= err;
 		}
-		changed |= err;
+
+		if (ifmsh->chsw_init)
+			ieee80211_send_action_csa(sdata, params);
 
 		break;
 #endif
@@ -3153,8 +3200,13 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	local->csa_chandef = params->chandef;
 	sdata->vif.csa_active = true;
 
-	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, err);
-	drv_channel_switch_beacon(sdata, &params->chandef);
+	if (changed) {
+		ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
+		drv_channel_switch_beacon(sdata, &params->chandef);
+	} else {
+		/* if the beacon didn't change, we can finalize immediately */
+		ieee80211_csa_finalize(sdata);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 3300209..9d4d1e0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -516,12 +516,6 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (old_presp)
 		kfree_rcu(old_presp, rcu_head);
 
-	/* it might not send the beacon for a while. send an action frame
-	 * immediately to announce the channel switch.
-	 */
-	if (csa_settings)
-		ieee80211_send_action_csa(sdata, csa_settings);
-
 	return BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
  out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index bba7897..5c4eca7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1370,8 +1370,7 @@ void ieee80211_mesh_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 void ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				   struct sk_buff *skb);
 int ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
-			      struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings,
-			      bool csa_action);
+			      struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings);
 int ieee80211_mesh_finish_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 
 /* scan/BSS handling */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index 6d6c56b..e8f274a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -1069,8 +1069,7 @@ int ieee80211_mesh_finish_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 }
 
 int ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
-			      struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings,
-			      bool csa_action)
+			      struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
 	struct mesh_csa_settings *tmp_csa_settings;
@@ -1094,9 +1093,6 @@ int ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (csa_action)
-		ieee80211_send_action_csa(sdata, csa_settings);
-
 	return BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index c558b24..f324ab7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2372,15 +2372,6 @@ static int ieee80211_beacon_add_tim(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void ieee80211_csa_finish(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
-
-	ieee80211_queue_work(&sdata->local->hw,
-			     &sdata->csa_finalize_work);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_csa_finish);
-
 static void ieee80211_update_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				 struct beacon_data *beacon)
 {
@@ -2409,8 +2400,12 @@ static void ieee80211_update_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (WARN_ON(counter_offset_beacon >= beacon_data_len))
 		return;
 
-	/* warn if the driver did not check for/react to csa completeness */
-	if (WARN_ON(beacon_data[counter_offset_beacon] == 0))
+	/* Warn if the driver did not check for/react to csa
+	 * completeness.  A beacon with CSA counter set to 0 should
+	 * never occur, because a counter of 1 means switch just
+	 * before the next beacon.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON(beacon_data[counter_offset_beacon] == 1))
 		return;
 
 	beacon_data[counter_offset_beacon]--;
@@ -2476,7 +2471,7 @@ bool ieee80211_csa_is_complete(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 	if (WARN_ON(counter_beacon > beacon_data_len))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (beacon_data[counter_beacon] == 0)
+	if (beacon_data[counter_beacon] == 1)
 		ret = true;
  out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
