diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h b/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
index 9b77cfc42efa..283c5a7b3f2c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
@@ -159,8 +159,16 @@ struct rfkill_event_ext {
  * old behaviour for all userspace, unless it explicitly opts in to the
  * rules outlined here by using the new &struct rfkill_event_ext.
  *
- * Userspace using &struct rfkill_event_ext must adhere to the following
- * rules
+ * Additionally, some other userspace (bluez, g-s-d) was reading with a
+ * large size but as streaming reads rather than message-based, or with
+ * too strict checks for the returned size. So eventually, we completely
+ * reverted this, and extended messages need to be opted in to by using
+ * an ioctl:
+ *
+ *  ioctl(fd, RFKILL_IOCTL_MAX_SIZE, sizeof(struct rfkill_event_ext));
+ *
+ * Userspace using &struct rfkill_event_ext and the ioctl must adhere to
+ * the following rules:
  *
  * 1. accept short writes, optionally using them to detect that it's
  *    running on an older kernel;
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ struct rfkill_event_ext {
 #define RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC	'R'
 #define RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT	1
 #define RFKILL_IOCTL_NOINPUT	_IO(RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC, RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT)
+#define RFKILL_IOC_MAX_SIZE	2
+#define RFKILL_IOCTL_MAX_SIZE	_IOW(RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC, RFKILL_IOC_EXT_SIZE, __u32)
 
 /* and that's all userspace gets */
 
diff --git a/net/rfkill/core.c b/net/rfkill/core.c
index 5b1927d66f0d..dac4fdc7488a 100644
--- a/net/rfkill/core.c
+++ b/net/rfkill/core.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct rfkill_data {
 	struct mutex		mtx;
 	wait_queue_head_t	read_wait;
 	bool			input_handler;
+	u8			max_size;
 };
 
 
@@ -1153,6 +1154,8 @@ static int rfkill_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	data->max_size = RFKILL_EVENT_SIZE_V1;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&data->events);
 	mutex_init(&data->mtx);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&data->read_wait);
@@ -1235,6 +1238,7 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_fop_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				list);
 
 	sz = min_t(unsigned long, sizeof(ev->ev), count);
+	sz = min_t(unsigned long, sz, data->max_size);
 	ret = sz;
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &ev->ev, sz))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -1249,6 +1253,7 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_fop_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t rfkill_fop_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
+	struct rfkill_data *data = file->private_data;
 	struct rfkill *rfkill;
 	struct rfkill_event_ext ev;
 	int ret;
@@ -1263,6 +1268,7 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_fop_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	 * our API version even in a write() call, if it cares.
 	 */
 	count = min(count, sizeof(ev));
+	count = min_t(size_t, count, data->max_size);
 	if (copy_from_user(&ev, buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -1322,31 +1328,47 @@ static int rfkill_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT
 static long rfkill_fop_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			     unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct rfkill_data *data = file->private_data;
+	int ret = -ENOSYS;
+	u32 size;
 
 	if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	if (_IOC_NR(cmd) != RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT)
-		return -ENOSYS;
-
 	mutex_lock(&data->mtx);
-
-	if (!data->input_handler) {
-		if (atomic_inc_return(&rfkill_input_disabled) == 1)
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "rfkill: input handler disabled\n");
-		data->input_handler = true;
+	switch (_IOC_NR(cmd)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT
+	case RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT:
+		if (!data->input_handler) {
+			if (atomic_inc_return(&rfkill_input_disabled) == 1)
+				printk(KERN_DEBUG "rfkill: input handler disabled\n");
+			data->input_handler = true;
+		}
+		ret = 0;
+		break;
+#endif
+	case RFKILL_IOC_MAX_SIZE:
+		if (get_user(size, (__u32 __user *)arg)) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (size < RFKILL_EVENT_SIZE_V1 || size > U8_MAX) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+		data->max_size = size;
+		ret = 0;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
-
 	mutex_unlock(&data->mtx);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
-#endif
 
 static const struct file_operations rfkill_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -1355,10 +1377,8 @@ static const struct file_operations rfkill_fops = {
 	.write		= rfkill_fop_write,
 	.poll		= rfkill_fop_poll,
 	.release	= rfkill_fop_release,
-#ifdef CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= rfkill_fop_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl	= compat_ptr_ioctl,
-#endif
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
 };