diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 85ab46c42734ba8cc9fc18b9854dca74dc5f07eb..00d9daf9bbd83b118c344fc1ac4e838eaf6f14ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -4889,6 +4889,10 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	/* Maximum Contention Window */
 	b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SCRATCH, B43_SHM_SC_MAXCONT, 0x3FF);
 
+	/* write phytype and phyvers */
+	b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SHARED, B43_SHM_SH_PHYTYPE, phy->type);
+	b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SHARED, B43_SHM_SH_PHYVER, phy->rev);
+
 	if (b43_bus_host_is_pcmcia(dev->dev) ||
 	    b43_bus_host_is_sdio(dev->dev)) {
 		dev->__using_pio_transfers = true;