diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 610bb32ec9f4..7e451b76c8a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA9887_HW_1_0_VERSION,
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION,
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION,
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA6174_HW_3_0_VERSION,
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION,
@@ -269,6 +274,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA99X0_HW_2_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -304,6 +310,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA9984_HW_1_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -344,6 +351,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA9888_HW_2_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -383,6 +391,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA9377_HW_1_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -412,6 +421,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA9377_HW_1_1_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -443,6 +453,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = QCA4019_HW_1_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -479,6 +490,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = false,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL,
 		.per_ce_irq = false,
+		.shadow_reg_support = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.id = WCN3990_HW_1_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -500,6 +512,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
 		.target_64bit = true,
 		.rx_ring_fill_level = HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL_DUAL_MAC,
 		.per_ce_irq = true,
+		.shadow_reg_support = true,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
index 57dad208ef16..cf18adda9f20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Atheros Communications Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -571,6 +572,9 @@ struct ath10k_hw_params {
 
 	/* target supporting per ce IRQ */
 	bool per_ce_irq;
+
+	/* target supporting shadow register for ce write */
+	bool shadow_reg_support;
 };
 
 struct htt_rx_desc;
