diff --git a/local/recipes/drivers/redbear-iwlwifi/source/src/linux_mvm.c b/local/recipes/drivers/redbear-iwlwifi/source/src/linux_mvm.c
index e9a04e6073..365a551327 100644
--- a/local/recipes/drivers/redbear-iwlwifi/source/src/linux_mvm.c
+++ b/local/recipes/drivers/redbear-iwlwifi/source/src/linux_mvm.c
@@ -104,16 +104,43 @@ int rb_iwl_mvm_parse_firmware(const uint8_t *data, size_t len,
 
     magic = (uint32_t)data[0] | ((uint32_t)data[1] << 8) |
             ((uint32_t)data[2] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[3] << 24);
-    if (magic != RB_IWL_TLV_UCODE_MAGIC)
+
+    if (magic == RB_IWL_TLV_UCODE_MAGIC) {
+        /* Simple format: "IWO\n" at offset 0, version at 4, build at 8 */
+        out->version = (uint32_t)data[4] | ((uint32_t)data[5] << 8) |
+                       ((uint32_t)data[6] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[7] << 24);
+        out->build   = (uint32_t)data[8] | ((uint32_t)data[9] << 8) |
+                       ((uint32_t)data[10] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[11] << 24);
+        out->api     = (uint8_t)((out->version >> 8) & 0xFFU);
+        p = data + RB_IWL_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
+    } else if (magic == 0 && len >= 8) {
+        /* Linux TLV format: zero at offset 0, "IWL\n" at offset 4 */
+        uint32_t tlv_magic;
+        tlv_magic = (uint32_t)data[4] | ((uint32_t)data[5] << 8) |
+                    ((uint32_t)data[6] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[7] << 24);
+        if (tlv_magic != 0x0a4c5749U) /* "IWL\n" */
+            return -1;
+        /* Extract version string from offset 8 (64 bytes) */
+        if (len >= 72) {
+            size_t copy = RB_IWL_FW_VER_HUMAN_READABLE_SZ - 1;
+            if (len - 8 < copy)
+                copy = len - 8;
+            if (copy > 0) {
+                memcpy(out->version_str, data + 8, copy);
+                out->version_str[copy] = '\0';
+            }
+            /* Major version at offset 72 */
+            if (len >= 76) {
+                out->version = (uint32_t)data[72] |
+                    ((uint32_t)data[73] << 8) |
+                    ((uint32_t)data[74] << 16) |
+                    ((uint32_t)data[75] << 24);
+            }
+        }
+        p = data + 88; /* skip TLV header */
+    } else {
         return -1;
-
-    out->version = (uint32_t)data[4] | ((uint32_t)data[5] << 8) |
-                   ((uint32_t)data[6] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[7] << 24);
-    out->build   = (uint32_t)data[8] | ((uint32_t)data[9] << 8) |
-                   ((uint32_t)data[10] << 16) | ((uint32_t)data[11] << 24);
-    out->api     = (uint8_t)((out->version >> 8) & 0xFFU);
-
-    p   = data + RB_IWL_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
+    }
     end = data + len;
 
     while (p + 8 <= end) {
@@ -138,11 +165,18 @@ int rb_iwl_mvm_parse_firmware(const uint8_t *data, size_t len,
 
         switch (tlv_type) {
         case RB_IWL_UCODE_TLV_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES:
-            if (tlv_len >= 4)
-                out->capabilities = (uint32_t)tlv_data[0] |
+            if (tlv_len >= 8) {
+                uint32_t api_index, bitmap;
+                api_index = (uint32_t)tlv_data[0] |
                     ((uint32_t)tlv_data[1] << 8) |
                     ((uint32_t)tlv_data[2] << 16) |
                     ((uint32_t)tlv_data[3] << 24);
+                bitmap = (uint32_t)tlv_data[4] |
+                    ((uint32_t)tlv_data[5] << 8) |
+                    ((uint32_t)tlv_data[6] << 16) |
+                    ((uint32_t)tlv_data[7] << 24);
+                out->capabilities |= (bitmap << (api_index * 16));
+            }
             break;
 
         case RB_IWL_UCODE_TLV_N_SCAN_CHANNELS: