diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 532ccd01cf6f0af918a02a825e692a499d48c936..63036b53f9e471d8ccb16b265a18f21638e16eef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -2367,18 +2367,18 @@ static const struct ieee80211_ops wl1271_ops = {
 };
 
 
-u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(struct wl1271 *wl, int rate)
+u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(int rate, enum ieee80211_band band)
 {
 	u8 idx;
 
-	BUG_ON(wl->band >= sizeof(wl1271_band_rate_to_idx)/sizeof(u8 *));
+	BUG_ON(band >= sizeof(wl1271_band_rate_to_idx)/sizeof(u8 *));
 
 	if (unlikely(rate >= CONF_HW_RXTX_RATE_MAX)) {
 		wl1271_error("Illegal RX rate from HW: %d", rate);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	idx = wl1271_band_rate_to_idx[wl->band][rate];
+	idx = wl1271_band_rate_to_idx[band][rate];
 	if (unlikely(idx == CONF_HW_RXTX_RATE_UNSUPPORTED)) {
 		wl1271_error("Unsupported RX rate from HW: %d", rate);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
index ac13f7d252198f2ee9542ac866260257ee83885a..35448e7c0dd59950303d7d24dd2247c8809da74a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
@@ -48,10 +48,18 @@ static void wl1271_rx_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
 			     struct ieee80211_rx_status *status,
 			     u8 beacon)
 {
+	enum ieee80211_band desc_band;
+
 	memset(status, 0, sizeof(struct ieee80211_rx_status));
 
 	status->band = wl->band;
-	status->rate_idx = wl1271_rate_to_idx(wl, desc->rate);
+
+	if ((desc->flags & WL1271_RX_DESC_BAND_MASK) == WL1271_RX_DESC_BAND_BG)
+		desc_band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
+	else
+		desc_band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
+
+	status->rate_idx = wl1271_rate_to_idx(desc->rate, desc_band);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WL1271_HT
 	/* 11n support */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.h
index 13a232333b13fd5cb6e5fbbd260b7e5d9195d6c4..6d41981ce53fcb7f16d16e9543d847bb3a76920f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.h
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ struct wl1271_rx_descriptor {
 } __packed;
 
 void wl1271_rx(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl1271_fw_status *status);
-u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(struct wl1271 *wl, int rate);
+u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(int rate, enum ieee80211_band band);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
index 87a5aed00c8c18f11efcf3fba68861f24db36f53..46fafe08f81a5b4217315d5ab9d486a94ad09a76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void wl1271_tx_complete_packet(struct wl1271 *wl,
 	if (result->status == TX_SUCCESS) {
 		if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK))
 			info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;
-		rate = wl1271_rate_to_idx(wl, result->rate_class_index);
+		rate = wl1271_rate_to_idx(result->rate_class_index, wl->band);
 		retries = result->ack_failures;
 	} else if (result->status == TX_RETRY_EXCEEDED) {
 		wl->stats.excessive_retries++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.h
index f1c906519b7df2a37c7e614901fdc9c3c1b49815..9dc6f228c0de9b7696a1eb6883a0f593cec972be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void wl1271_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl);
 void wl1271_tx_complete(struct wl1271 *wl);
 void wl1271_tx_reset(struct wl1271 *wl);
 void wl1271_tx_flush(struct wl1271 *wl);
-u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(struct wl1271 *wl, int rate);
+u8 wl1271_rate_to_idx(int rate, enum ieee80211_band band);
 u32 wl1271_tx_enabled_rates_get(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 rate_set);
 
 #endif