diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index c6eca92ca..998b3948b 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -398,7 +398,21 @@ static int send_and_recv(struct nl80211_global *global,
 
 	while (err > 0) {
 		int res = nl_recvmsgs(nl_handle, cb);
-		if (res < 0) {
+
+		if (res == -NLE_DUMP_INTR) {
+			/* Most likely one of the nl80211 dump routines hit a
+			 * case where internal results changed while the dump
+			 * was being sent. The most common known case for this
+			 * is scan results fetching while associated were every
+			 * received Beacon frame from the AP may end up
+			 * incrementing bss_generation. This
+			 * NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN case tries again in the caller;
+			 * other cases (of which there are no known common ones)
+			 * will stop and return an error. */
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "nl80211: %s; convert to -EAGAIN",
+				   nl_geterror(res));
+			err = -EAGAIN;
+		} else if (res < 0) {
 			wpa_printf(MSG_INFO,
 				   "nl80211: %s->nl_recvmsgs failed: %d (%s)",
 				   __func__, res, nl_geterror(res));
@@ -1336,12 +1350,25 @@ int nl80211_get_assoc_ssid(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv, u8 *ssid)
 	struct nl_msg *msg;
 	int ret;
 	struct nl80211_get_assoc_freq_arg arg;
+	int count = 0;
 
+try_again:
 	msg = nl80211_drv_msg(drv, NLM_F_DUMP, NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN);
 	os_memset(&arg, 0, sizeof(arg));
 	arg.drv = drv;
 	ret = send_and_recv_msgs(drv, msg, nl80211_get_assoc_freq_handler,
 				 &arg);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		count++;
+		if (count >= 10) {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_INFO,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump for get_assoc_ssid");
+		} else {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump for get_assoc_ssid - try again");
+			goto try_again;
+		}
+	}
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		os_memcpy(ssid, arg.assoc_ssid, arg.assoc_ssid_len);
 		return arg.assoc_ssid_len;
@@ -1357,12 +1384,25 @@ unsigned int nl80211_get_assoc_freq(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv)
 	struct nl_msg *msg;
 	int ret;
 	struct nl80211_get_assoc_freq_arg arg;
+	int count = 0;
 
+try_again:
 	msg = nl80211_drv_msg(drv, NLM_F_DUMP, NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN);
 	os_memset(&arg, 0, sizeof(arg));
 	arg.drv = drv;
 	ret = send_and_recv_msgs(drv, msg, nl80211_get_assoc_freq_handler,
 				 &arg);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		count++;
+		if (count >= 10) {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_INFO,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump for get_assoc_freq");
+		} else {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump for get_assoc_freq - try again");
+			goto try_again;
+		}
+	}
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		unsigned int freq = drv->nlmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ?
 			arg.ibss_freq : arg.assoc_freq;
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
index 9afa5b304..413d6f757 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
@@ -928,7 +928,9 @@ nl80211_get_scan_results(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv)
 	struct wpa_scan_results *res;
 	int ret;
 	struct nl80211_bss_info_arg arg;
+	int count = 0;
 
+try_again:
 	res = os_zalloc(sizeof(*res));
 	if (res == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -941,6 +943,18 @@ nl80211_get_scan_results(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv)
 	arg.drv = drv;
 	arg.res = res;
 	ret = send_and_recv_msgs(drv, msg, bss_info_handler, &arg);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		count++;
+		if (count >= 10) {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_INFO,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump");
+		} else {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+				   "nl80211: Failed to receive consistent scan result dump - try again");
+			wpa_scan_results_free(res);
+			goto try_again;
+		}
+	}
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		struct nl80211_noise_info info;