diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index f899666acb41f44f56a326f5b0bfcff6dce88bde..33d0d51e32e93ded28302f77679e2c3d43a23395 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1060,11 +1060,18 @@ static int iwl_parse_tlv_firmware(struct iwl_drv *drv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (WARN(fw_has_capa(capa, IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_GSCAN_SUPPORT) &&
-		 !gscan_capa,
-		 "GSCAN is supported but capabilities TLV is unavailable\n"))
+	/*
+	 * If ucode advertises that it supports GSCAN but GSCAN
+	 * capabilities TLV is not present, or if it has an old format,
+	 * warn and continue without GSCAN.
+	 */
+	if (fw_has_capa(capa, IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_GSCAN_SUPPORT) &&
+	    !gscan_capa) {
+		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(drv,
+			       "GSCAN is supported but capabilities TLV is unavailable\n");
 		__clear_bit((__force long)IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_GSCAN_SUPPORT,
 			    capa->_capa);
+	}
 
 	return 0;