diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index e2d18d0..7079d55 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ static bool batadv_iv_ogm_calc_tq(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 	 */
 	tq_iface_penalty = BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE;
 	if (if_outgoing && (if_incoming == if_outgoing) &&
-	    batadv_is_wifi_netdev(if_outgoing->net_dev))
+	    batadv_is_wifi_hardif(if_outgoing))
 		tq_iface_penalty = batadv_hop_penalty(BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE,
 						      bat_priv);
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
index b61ec79..cdcaf6b 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ static u32 batadv_v_elp_get_throughput(struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node *neigh)
 	/* if this is a wireless device, then ask its throughput through
 	 * cfg80211 API
 	 */
-	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(hard_iface->net_dev)) {
-		if (!batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(hard_iface->net_dev))
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_hardif(hard_iface)) {
+		if (!batadv_is_cfg80211_hardif(hard_iface))
 			/* unsupported WiFi driver version */
 			goto default_throughput;
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ batadv_v_elp_wifi_neigh_probe(struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node *neigh)
 	int elp_skb_len;
 
 	/* this probing routine is for Wifi neighbours only */
-	if (!batadv_is_wifi_netdev(hard_iface->net_dev))
+	if (!batadv_is_wifi_hardif(hard_iface))
 		return true;
 
 	/* probe the neighbor only if no unicast packets have been sent
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int batadv_v_elp_iface_enable(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 	/* warn the user (again) if there is no throughput data is available */
 	hard_iface->bat_v.flags &= ~BATADV_WARNING_DEFAULT;
 
-	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(hard_iface->net_dev))
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_hardif(hard_iface))
 		hard_iface->bat_v.flags &= ~BATADV_FULL_DUPLEX;
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&hard_iface->bat_v.elp_wq,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index b09fec2..341fbb5 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -202,6 +202,30 @@ static bool batadv_is_valid_iface(const struct net_device *net_dev)
 }
 
 /**
+ * batadv_is_wext_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a
+ *  wext wifi interface
+ * @net_device: the device to check
+ *
+ * Return: true if the net device is a wext wireless device, false
+ *  otherwise.
+ */
+static bool batadv_is_wext_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
+{
+	if (!net_device)
+		return false;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
+	/* pre-cfg80211 drivers have to implement WEXT, so it is possible to
+	 * check for wireless_handlers != NULL
+	 */
+	if (net_device->wireless_handlers)
+		return true;
+#endif
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
  * batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a
  *  cfg80211 wifi interface
  * @net_device: the device to check
@@ -209,7 +233,7 @@ static bool batadv_is_valid_iface(const struct net_device *net_dev)
  * Return: true if the net device is a cfg80211 wireless device, false
  *  otherwise.
  */
-bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
+static bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
 {
 	if (!net_device)
 		return false;
@@ -222,26 +246,53 @@ bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_is_wifi_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a wifi
- *  interface
+ * batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate - calculate wifi flags for net_device
  * @net_device: the device to check
  *
+ * Return: batadv_hard_iface_wifi_flags flags of the device
+ */
+static u32 batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate(struct net_device *net_device)
+{
+	u32 wifi_flags = 0;
+
+	if (batadv_is_wext_netdev(net_device))
+		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_WEXT_DIRECT;
+
+	if (batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(net_device))
+		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_DIRECT;
+
+	return wifi_flags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_is_cfg80211_hardif - check if the given hardif is a cfg80211 wifi
+ *  interface
+ * @hard_iface: the device to check
+ *
+ * Return: true if the net device is a cfg80211 wireless device, false
+ *  otherwise.
+ */
+bool batadv_is_cfg80211_hardif(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
+{
+	u32 allowed_flags = 0;
+
+	allowed_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_DIRECT;
+
+	return !!(hard_iface->wifi_flags & allowed_flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_is_wifi_hardif - check if the given hardif is a wifi interface
+ * @hard_iface: the device to check
+ *
  * Return: true if the net device is a 802.11 wireless device, false otherwise.
  */
-bool batadv_is_wifi_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
+bool batadv_is_wifi_hardif(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 {
-	if (!net_device)
+	if (!hard_iface)
 		return false;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
-	/* pre-cfg80211 drivers have to implement WEXT, so it is possible to
-	 * check for wireless_handlers != NULL
-	 */
-	if (net_device->wireless_handlers)
-		return true;
-#endif
-
-	return batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(net_device);
+	return hard_iface->wifi_flags != 0;
 }
 
 static struct batadv_hard_iface *
@@ -713,7 +764,8 @@ batadv_hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	kref_init(&hard_iface->refcount);
 
 	hard_iface->num_bcasts = BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_DEFAULT;
-	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(net_dev))
+	hard_iface->wifi_flags = batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate(net_dev);
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_hardif(hard_iface))
 		hard_iface->num_bcasts = BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_WIRELESS;
 
 	batadv_v_hardif_init(hard_iface);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h
index e0893de..957fd8f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ enum batadv_hard_if_cleanup {
 
 extern struct notifier_block batadv_hard_if_notifier;
 
-bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device);
-bool batadv_is_wifi_netdev(struct net_device *net_device);
-bool batadv_is_wifi_iface(int ifindex);
+bool batadv_is_cfg80211_hardif(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface);
+bool batadv_is_wifi_hardif(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface);
 struct batadv_hard_iface*
 batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev(const struct net_device *net_dev);
 int batadv_hardif_enable_interface(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 7f66309..7c76f83 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const u8 *addr,
 	struct net *net = dev_net(soft_iface);
 	struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan;
 	struct net_device *in_dev = NULL;
+	struct batadv_hard_iface *in_hardif = NULL;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry;
 	int hash_added, table_size, packet_size_max;
@@ -658,6 +659,9 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const u8 *addr,
 	if (ifindex != BATADV_NULL_IFINDEX)
 		in_dev = dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex);
 
+	if (in_dev)
+		in_hardif = batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev(in_dev);
+
 	tt_local = batadv_tt_local_hash_find(bat_priv, addr, vid);
 
 	if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(addr))
@@ -731,7 +735,7 @@ bool batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const u8 *addr,
 	 */
 	tt_local->common.flags = BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NEW;
 	tt_local->common.vid = vid;
-	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(in_dev))
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_hardif(in_hardif))
 		tt_local->common.flags |= BATADV_TT_CLIENT_WIFI;
 	kref_init(&tt_local->common.refcount);
 	tt_local->last_seen = jiffies;
@@ -791,7 +795,7 @@ check_roaming:
 	 */
 	remote_flags = tt_local->common.flags & BATADV_TT_REMOTE_MASK;
 
-	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(in_dev))
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_hardif(in_hardif))
 		tt_local->common.flags |= BATADV_TT_CLIENT_WIFI;
 	else
 		tt_local->common.flags &= ~BATADV_TT_CLIENT_WIFI;
@@ -815,6 +819,8 @@ check_roaming:
 
 	ret = true;
 out:
+	if (in_hardif)
+		batadv_hardif_put(in_hardif);
 	if (in_dev)
 		dev_put(in_dev);
 	if (tt_local)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 8eef6a3..fe64669 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -119,11 +119,23 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface_bat_v {
 };
 
 /**
+ * enum batadv_hard_iface_wifi_flags - Flags describing the wifi configuration
+ *  of a batadv_hard_iface
+ * @BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_WEXT_DIRECT: it is a wext wifi device
+ * @BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_DIRECT: it is a cfg80211 wifi device
+ */
+enum batadv_hard_iface_wifi_flags {
+	BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_WEXT_DIRECT = BIT(0),
+	BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_DIRECT = BIT(1),
+};
+
+/**
  * struct batadv_hard_iface - network device known to batman-adv
  * @list: list node for batadv_hardif_list
  * @if_num: identificator of the interface
  * @if_status: status of the interface for batman-adv
  * @num_bcasts: number of payload re-broadcasts on this interface (ARQ)
+ * @wifi_flags: flags whether this is (directly or indirectly) a wifi interface
  * @net_dev: pointer to the net_device
  * @hardif_obj: kobject of the per interface sysfs "mesh" directory
  * @refcount: number of contexts the object is used
@@ -142,6 +154,7 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface {
 	s16 if_num;
 	char if_status;
 	u8 num_bcasts;
+	u32 wifi_flags;
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	struct kobject *hardif_obj;
 	struct kref refcount;
