diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/schema/wireless.wifi-iface.json b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/schema/wireless.wifi-iface.json
index 0a8c34539e3..c23b80218a2 100644
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/schema/wireless.wifi-iface.json
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/schema/wireless.wifi-iface.json
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"gcmp256": {
-			"description": "Advertise the GCMP-256 pairwise cipher on HE/EHT BSSes (alongside CCMP for sae/sae-mixed, in the RSNE Override 2 element for sae-compat). Mandatory for EHT (WPA3 Specification v3.5 2.5), recommended otherwise. Off by default, because some clients and chipsets misbehave when GCMP-256 is offered. With an EHT htmode, sae, sae-mixed and sae-compat BSSes offer GCMP-256 in the RSNE Override 2 element unless this option is 0; 1 also offers it in the RSNE. Only advertised when the driver supports the GCMP-256 cipher.",
+			"description": "Advertise the GCMP-256 pairwise cipher on HE/EHT BSSes (alongside CCMP for sae/sae-mixed, in the RSNE Override 2 element for sae-compat). Mandatory for EHT (WPA3 Specification v3.5 2.5), recommended otherwise. Off by default, because some clients and chipsets misbehave when GCMP-256 is offered. With an EHT htmode, sae, sae-mixed and sae-compat BSSes offer GCMP-256 in the RSNE Override 2 element unless this option is 0; 1 also offers it in the RSNE. Only advertised when the driver supports the GCMP-256 cipher. The sae and sae-mixed BSSes send no RSNE Override 2 element when the RSNE already offers SAE-EXT-KEY and GCMP-256 (CCMP without driver support for GCMP-256). An AP MLD sends none only when this holds on every link, so a psk2 AP MLD sends it on every link unless sae_ext_key is 0.",
 			"type": "boolean"
 		},
 		"hidden": {
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 			"type": "boolean"
 		},
 		"sae_ext_key": {
-			"description": "Advertise the SAE-EXT-KEY AKM (SAE using a group-dependent hash) alongside plain SAE. Mandatory for EHT (WPA3 Specification v3.5 2.5), recommended otherwise. Off by default in the RSNE, because some clients misbehave when SAE-EXT-KEY is offered there. With an EHT htmode, sae, sae-mixed and sae-compat BSSes offer it in the RSNE Override 2 element unless this option is 0; 1 also offers it in the RSNE (not for sae-compat).",
+			"description": "Advertise the SAE-EXT-KEY AKM (SAE using a group-dependent hash) alongside plain SAE. Mandatory for EHT (WPA3 Specification v3.5 2.5), recommended otherwise. Off by default in the RSNE, because some clients misbehave when SAE-EXT-KEY is offered there. With an EHT htmode, sae, sae-mixed and sae-compat BSSes offer it in the RSNE Override 2 element unless this option is 0; 1 also offers it in the RSNE (not for sae-compat). The sae and sae-mixed BSSes send no RSNE Override 2 element when the RSNE already offers SAE-EXT-KEY and GCMP-256 (CCMP without driver support for GCMP-256). An AP MLD sends none only when this holds on every link, so a psk2 AP MLD sends it on every link unless sae_ext_key is 0.",
 			"type": "boolean"
 		},
 		"sae_password_file": {
diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/ap.uc b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/ap.uc
index 606e7b164f4..de474351f96 100644
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/ap.uc
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/ap.uc
@@ -89,14 +89,33 @@ function station_password_count(stas) {
 	return n;
 }
 
-/* a refusal on any band refuses every link of the AP MLD */
-function mld_refusal(link_config, dev_config, phy_features) {
+function mld_links(link_config, dev_config, phy_features, rsno2) {
+	let links = [];
+
 	for (let band in link_config.mlo_bands) {
 		let config = { ...link_config };
 		config.encryption = iface.encryption_band(config.encryption, band, config.mlo_bands);
-		iface.parse_encryption(config, { ...dev_config, band }, phy_features);
+		iface.parse_encryption(config, { ...dev_config, band }, phy_features, rsno2);
+		push(links, { band, config });
+	}
 
-		const reason = bss_refusal(config, band);
+	return links;
+}
+
+/* WPA3 Specification v3.5 14.2: an AP MLD includes an identical RSNE
+ * Override 2 element on all links, so a link that needs it adds it to all */
+function mld_rsno2(link_config, dev_config, phy_features) {
+	for (let link in mld_links(link_config, dev_config, phy_features))
+		if (link.config.rsno2_sae)
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* a refusal on any band refuses every link of the AP MLD */
+function mld_refusal(link_config, dev_config, phy_features, rsno2) {
+	for (let link in mld_links(link_config, dev_config, phy_features, rsno2)) {
+		const reason = bss_refusal(link.config, link.band);
 		if (reason)
 			return reason;
 	}
@@ -691,12 +710,15 @@ export function generate(interface, data, config, vlans, stas, phy_features) {
 	config.sae_station_passwords = station_password_count(stas);
 	const link_config = { ...config };
 
+	const mld = config.mlo && length(config.mlo_bands);
+	const rsno2 = mld ? mld_rsno2(link_config, data.config, phy_features) : null;
+
 	config.encryption = iface.encryption_band(config.encryption, data.config.band,
 		config.mlo ? (config.mlo_bands ?? []) : null);
-	iface.parse_encryption(config, data.config, phy_features);
+	iface.parse_encryption(config, data.config, phy_features, rsno2);
 
-	const refusal = (config.mlo && length(config.mlo_bands)) ?
-		mld_refusal(link_config, data.config, phy_features) : bss_refusal(config, data.config.band);
+	const refusal = mld ?
+		mld_refusal(link_config, data.config, phy_features, rsno2) : bss_refusal(config, data.config.band);
 	if (refusal)
 		return refusal;
 
diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/iface.uc b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/iface.uc
index 0ee0f261f5c..4cddc03d43c 100644
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/iface.uc
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/usr/share/ucode/wifi/iface.uc
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ function encryption_map(encryption, modes) {
 	return join('+', enc);
 }
 
+function rsne_offers_rsno2(config, rsno2_pairwise) {
+	return !!config.sae_ext_key && config.auth_type in [ 'sae', 'psk-sae' ] &&
+		index(split(config.wpa_pairwise ?? '', ' '), rsno2_pairwise) >= 0;
+}
+
 /* mld_bands: null for a single-link BSS, else the bands of the AP MLD */
 export function encryption_band(encryption, band, mld_bands) {
 	if (band == '6g')
@@ -85,7 +90,9 @@ export function encryption_sta_band(encryption, band, mld_bands) {
 	return encryption_map(encryption, encryption_sta_mixed_6g);
 };
 
-export function parse_encryption(config, dev_config, phy_features) {
+/* rsno2: null decides the RSNO2E for this link alone, a bool gives the
+ * decision of the AP MLD */
+export function parse_encryption(config, dev_config, phy_features, rsno2) {
 	if (!config.encryption)
 		config.encryption = 'none';
 
@@ -105,19 +112,20 @@ export function parse_encryption(config, dev_config, phy_features) {
 	 * WPA3 Specification v3.5 2.5 requires SAE-EXT-KEY and GCMP-256 with
 	 * EHT or MLO. Some clients fail when these are offered in the RSNE, so on
 	 * EHT they go into the RSNE Override 2 element. Explicit sae_ext_key and
-	 * gcmp256 options apply to the RSNE; 0 also keeps them out of RSNO2.
+	 * gcmp256 options apply to the RSNE; 0 also keeps them out of RSNO2. An
+	 * RSNE that already offers the AKM and the pairwise cipher of the RSNO2E
+	 * makes the RSNO2E a duplicate, so the BSS sends none. An AP MLD sends
+	 * none only where that holds on every link (ap.uc mld_rsno2()).
 	 */
 	let eht = wildcard(dev_config?.htmode ?? '', 'EHT*');
 	let compat = (config.auth_type == 'sae-compat');
 	let rsno2_mode = config.auth_type in [ 'sae', 'psk3', 'sae-mixed', 'psk3-mixed' ] ||
 		(!!config.mlo && config.auth_type == 'psk2');
 	/* all links of an AP MLD must reach the same decision */
-	config.rsno2_sae = (eht || !!config.mlo) && rsno2_mode && config.sae_ext_key !== false;
-	let rsno2_gcmp256 = config.gcmp256 !== false && phy_features?.cipher_gcmp256;
+	let rsno2_sae = (eht || !!config.mlo) && rsno2_mode && config.sae_ext_key !== false;
+	let rsno2_pairwise = (config.gcmp256 !== false && phy_features?.cipher_gcmp256) ? 'GCMP-256' : 'CCMP';
 	config.gcmp256 ??= compat && eht;
 	config.sae_ext_key ??= compat && eht;
-	if (config.rsno2_sae)
-		config.rsn_override_pairwise_2 = rsno2_gcmp256 ? 'GCMP-256' : 'CCMP';
 
 	switch(config.auth_type) {
 	case 'owe':
@@ -213,6 +221,10 @@ export function parse_encryption(config, dev_config, phy_features) {
 		config.wpa_pairwise ??= 'GCMP-256 CCMP';
 	else
 		config.wpa_pairwise ??= 'CCMP';
+
+	config.rsno2_sae = rsno2_sae && (rsno2 ?? !rsne_offers_rsno2(config, rsno2_pairwise));
+	if (config.rsno2_sae)
+		config.rsn_override_pairwise_2 = rsno2_pairwise;
 };
 
 export function wpa_key_mgmt(config, band) {