diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 25d217d90807..3fcba69817e5 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -441,10 +441,12 @@ static int nl80211_prepare_wdev_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 		*rdev = wiphy_to_dev((*wdev)->wiphy);
-		cb->args[0] = (*rdev)->wiphy_idx;
+		/* 0 is the first index - add 1 to parse only once */
+		cb->args[0] = (*rdev)->wiphy_idx + 1;
 		cb->args[1] = (*wdev)->identifier;
 	} else {
-		struct wiphy *wiphy = wiphy_idx_to_wiphy(cb->args[0]);
+		/* subtract the 1 again here */
+		struct wiphy *wiphy = wiphy_idx_to_wiphy(cb->args[0] - 1);
 		struct wireless_dev *tmp;
 
 		if (!wiphy) {