diff --git a/hostapd/config_file.c b/hostapd/config_file.c
index 7b03edf36..a57797262 100644
--- a/hostapd/config_file.c
+++ b/hostapd/config_file.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/common.h"
 #include "utils/uuid.h"
+#include "utils/crc32.h"
 #include "common/ieee802_11_defs.h"
 #include "common/sae.h"
 #include "crypto/sha256.h"
@@ -2396,16 +2397,19 @@ static int hostapd_config_fill(struct hostapd_config *conf,
 		wpa_printf(MSG_INFO, "Line %d: DEPRECATED: 'dump_file' configuration variable is not used anymore",
 			   line);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "ssid") == 0) {
-		bss->ssid.ssid_len = os_strlen(pos);
-		if (bss->ssid.ssid_len > SSID_MAX_LEN ||
-		    bss->ssid.ssid_len < 1) {
+		struct hostapd_ssid *ssid = &bss->ssid;
+
+		ssid->ssid_len = os_strlen(pos);
+		if (ssid->ssid_len > SSID_MAX_LEN || ssid->ssid_len < 1) {
 			wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "Line %d: invalid SSID '%s'",
 				   line, pos);
 			return 1;
 		}
-		os_memcpy(bss->ssid.ssid, pos, bss->ssid.ssid_len);
-		bss->ssid.ssid_set = 1;
+		os_memcpy(ssid->ssid, pos, ssid->ssid_len);
+		ssid->ssid_set = 1;
+		ssid->short_ssid = crc32(ssid->ssid, ssid->ssid_len);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "ssid2") == 0) {
+		struct hostapd_ssid *ssid = &bss->ssid;
 		size_t slen;
 		char *str = wpa_config_parse_string(pos, &slen);
 		if (str == NULL || slen < 1 || slen > SSID_MAX_LEN) {
@@ -2414,9 +2418,10 @@ static int hostapd_config_fill(struct hostapd_config *conf,
 			os_free(str);
 			return 1;
 		}
-		os_memcpy(bss->ssid.ssid, str, slen);
-		bss->ssid.ssid_len = slen;
-		bss->ssid.ssid_set = 1;
+		os_memcpy(ssid->ssid, str, slen);
+		ssid->ssid_len = slen;
+		ssid->ssid_set = 1;
+		ssid->short_ssid = crc32(ssid->ssid, ssid->ssid_len);
 		os_free(str);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "utf8_ssid") == 0) {
 		bss->ssid.utf8_ssid = atoi(pos) > 0;
diff --git a/src/ap/hostapd.h b/src/ap/hostapd.h
index 07d0aaa92..bb9a35eb1 100644
--- a/src/ap/hostapd.h
+++ b/src/ap/hostapd.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct hostapd_neighbor_entry {
 	/* LCI update time */
 	struct os_time lci_date;
 	int stationary;
+	u32 short_ssid;
 };
 
 struct hostapd_sae_commit_queue {
diff --git a/src/ap/neighbor_db.c b/src/ap/neighbor_db.c
index 2bbe31859..e9bdf0033 100644
--- a/src/ap/neighbor_db.c
+++ b/src/ap/neighbor_db.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "utils/includes.h"
 
 #include "utils/common.h"
+#include "utils/crc32.h"
 #include "hostapd.h"
 #include "ieee802_11.h"
 #include "neighbor_db.h"
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ int hostapd_neighbor_set(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *bssid,
 
 	os_memcpy(entry->bssid, bssid, ETH_ALEN);
 	os_memcpy(&entry->ssid, ssid, sizeof(entry->ssid));
+	entry->short_ssid = crc32(ssid->ssid, ssid->ssid_len);
 
 	entry->nr = wpabuf_dup(nr);
 	if (!entry->nr)