The technologies described herein are generally directed toward link adaption for multistage messages. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can enable operations facilitating performance of operations including determining that a control signal that was transmitted by the first device was not received by a second device, wherein the control signal comprises a first portion employing a first transmission scheme and a second portion employing a second transmission scheme. The operations can further include based on the determining that the control signal was not received by the second device, selecting a third transmission scheme for the second portion of the control signal. Further, the operations can include, based on a mapping of the third transmission scheme to a fourth transmission scheme in a mapping reference, selecting the fourth transmission scheme for the first portion of the control signal, and transmitting the control signal.