diff --git a/wifi/1.4/default/Android.mk b/wifi/1.4/default/Android.mk
index 8573e8e1f5..6be7dad59e 100644
--- a/wifi/1.4/default/Android.mk
+++ b/wifi/1.4/default/Android.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ endif
 ifdef WIFI_HIDL_FEATURE_DISABLE_AP_MAC_RANDOMIZATION
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DWIFI_HIDL_FEATURE_DISABLE_AP_MAC_RANDOMIZATION
 endif
+ifdef WIFI_AVOID_IFACE_RESET_MAC_CHANGE
+LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -DWIFI_AVOID_IFACE_RESET_MAC_CHANGE
+endif
 # Allow implicit fallthroughs in wifi_legacy_hal.cpp until they are fixed.
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=implicit-fallthrough
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
diff --git a/wifi/1.4/default/wifi_iface_util.cpp b/wifi/1.4/default/wifi_iface_util.cpp
index 036c97bcba..13ba0225d1 100644
--- a/wifi/1.4/default/wifi_iface_util.cpp
+++ b/wifi/1.4/default/wifi_iface_util.cpp
@@ -52,18 +52,22 @@ std::array<uint8_t, 6> WifiIfaceUtil::getFactoryMacAddress(
 
 bool WifiIfaceUtil::setMacAddress(const std::string& iface_name,
                                   const std::array<uint8_t, 6>& mac) {
+#ifndef WIFI_AVOID_IFACE_RESET_MAC_CHANGE
     if (!iface_tool_.lock()->SetUpState(iface_name.c_str(), false)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "SetUpState(false) failed.";
         return false;
     }
+#endif
     if (!iface_tool_.lock()->SetMacAddress(iface_name.c_str(), mac)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "SetMacAddress failed.";
         return false;
     }
+#ifndef WIFI_AVOID_IFACE_RESET_MAC_CHANGE
     if (!iface_tool_.lock()->SetUpState(iface_name.c_str(), true)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "SetUpState(true) failed.";
         return false;
     }
+#endif
     IfaceEventHandlers event_handlers = {};
     const auto it = event_handlers_map_.find(iface_name);
     if (it != event_handlers_map_.end()) {