diff --git a/include/net/cfg802154.h b/include/net/cfg802154.h
index 9d3daf4680b1..f2cee32f292c 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg802154.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg802154.h
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ struct wpan_dev {
 
 	/* fallback for acknowledgment bit setting */
 	bool ackreq;
+
+	/* Coordinators management during scans */
+	spinlock_t coord_list_lock;
+	struct list_head coord_list;
 };
 
 #define to_phy(_dev)	container_of(_dev, struct wpan_phy, dev)
@@ -449,4 +453,11 @@ static inline const char *wpan_phy_name(struct wpan_phy *phy)
 
 void ieee802154_configure_durations(struct wpan_phy *phy);
 
+struct ieee802154_coord_desc *
+cfg802154_alloc_coordinator(struct ieee802154_addr *coord);
+void cfg802154_record_coordinator(struct wpan_phy *wpan_phy,
+				  struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev,
+				  struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc);
+void cfg802154_flush_known_coordinators(struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev);
+
 #endif /* __NET_CFG802154_H */
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Makefile b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
index f05b7bdae2aa..6b7c66de730d 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154_SOCKET) += ieee802154_socket.o
 obj-y += 6lowpan/
 
 ieee802154-y := netlink.o nl-mac.o nl-phy.o nl_policy.o core.o \
-                header_ops.o sysfs.o nl802154.o trace.o
+                header_ops.o sysfs.o nl802154.o pan.o trace.o
 ieee802154_socket-y := socket.o
 
 CFLAGS_trace.o := -I$(src)
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/core.c b/net/ieee802154/core.c
index 57546e07e06a..091eb467fde6 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/core.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/core.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static int cfg802154_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		wpan_dev->identifier = ++rdev->wpan_dev_id;
 		list_add_rcu(&wpan_dev->list, &rdev->wpan_dev_list);
 		rdev->devlist_generation++;
+		spin_lock_init(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wpan_dev->coord_list);
 
 		wpan_dev->netdev = dev;
 		break;
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
index f6fb7a228747..b6bd04fe160b 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,8 @@ static int nl802154_advertise_coordinator(struct wpan_phy *wpan_phy,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	int ret;
 
+	lockdep_assert(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/pan.c b/net/ieee802154/pan.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27fb5432f651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ieee802154/pan.c
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * IEEE 802.15.4 PAN management
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Qorvo, 2021
+ * Authors:
+ *   - David Girault <david.girault@qorvo.com>
+ *   - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+#include <net/cfg802154.h>
+#include <net/af_ieee802154.h>
+
+#include "ieee802154.h"
+#include "../ieee802154/nl802154.h"
+
+struct ieee802154_coord_desc *
+cfg802154_alloc_coordinator(struct ieee802154_addr *coord)
+{
+	struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc;
+
+	desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*desc), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!desc)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	desc->addr = kzalloc(sizeof(*coord), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!desc->addr) {
+		kfree(desc);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	memcpy(desc->addr, coord, sizeof(*coord));
+
+	return desc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfg802154_alloc_coordinator);
+
+static void cfg802154_free_coordinator_desc(struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc)
+{
+	kfree(desc->addr);
+	kfree(desc);
+}
+
+static bool
+cfg802154_is_same_coordinator(struct ieee802154_coord_desc *a,
+			      struct ieee802154_coord_desc *b)
+{
+	if (a->addr->pan_id != b->addr->pan_id)
+		return false;
+
+	if (a->addr->mode != b->addr->mode)
+		return false;
+
+	if (a->addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT &&
+	    a->addr->short_addr == b->addr->short_addr)
+		return true;
+	else if (a->addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG &&
+		 a->addr->extended_addr == b->addr->extended_addr)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool
+cfg802154_coordinator_is_known(struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev,
+			       struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc)
+{
+	struct ieee802154_coord_desc *item;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(item, &wpan_dev->coord_list, node)
+		if (cfg802154_is_same_coordinator(item, desc))
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+void cfg802154_record_coordinator(struct wpan_phy *wpan_phy,
+				  struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev,
+				  struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+
+	if (cfg802154_coordinator_is_known(wpan_dev, desc)) {
+		nl802154_advertise_known_coordinator(wpan_phy, wpan_dev, desc);
+		cfg802154_free_coordinator_desc(desc);
+	} else {
+		list_add_tail(&desc->node, &wpan_dev->coord_list);
+		nl802154_advertise_new_coordinator(wpan_phy, wpan_dev, desc);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfg802154_record_coordinator);
+
+void cfg802154_flush_known_coordinators(struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev)
+{
+	struct ieee802154_coord_desc *desc, *tmp;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, tmp, &wpan_dev->coord_list, node) {
+		list_del(&desc->node);
+		cfg802154_free_coordinator_desc(desc);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&wpan_dev->coord_list_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfg802154_flush_known_coordinators);
