diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/beacon.c
index d8742230e6241252c5c050c0baee629a4ac5220a..9e5c0c0446b6cdc8986a2480adc1a8b76d82521e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void ath_beacon_setup(struct ath_softc *sc,
 	 * XXX everything at min xmit rate
 	 */
 	rix = 0;
-	rt = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	rt = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	rate = rt->info[rix].ratecode;
 	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_PREAMBLE_SHORT)
 		rate |= rt->info[rix].short_preamble;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
index 726d0a38d24031c2ee13677128f3fc063f0cd155..23844e02eff1edb0d80e76de8cc7b250f5cf7409 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ struct ath_softc {
 	u8 sc_tx_chainmask;
 	u8 sc_rx_chainmask;
 	enum ath9k_int sc_imask;
-	enum wireless_mode sc_curmode;
 	enum PROT_MODE sc_protmode;
 
 	u8 sc_nbcnvaps;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index 26c47577e183b909c9ad766da03f5d4b8d288017..ade92d518d5259817bf441bef4894d9b535db2ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static void bus_read_cachesize(struct ath_softc *sc, int *csz)
 
 static void ath_setcurmode(struct ath_softc *sc, enum wireless_mode mode)
 {
-	sc->sc_curmode = mode;
+	if (!sc->sc_curaid)
+		sc->cur_rate_table = sc->hw_rate_table[mode];
 	/*
 	 * All protection frames are transmited at 2Mb/s for
 	 * 11g, otherwise at 1Mb/s.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
index 8eec66756c75f23e824f19171e8778f2cf0bdbf3..0ae5988e0b65215e587e9df543508a6149bf81dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -874,9 +874,8 @@ static void ath_rc_ratefind(struct ath_softc *sc,
 	 * So, set fourth rate in series to be same as third one for
 	 * above conditions.
 	 */
-	if ((sc->sc_curmode == ATH9K_MODE_11NG_HT20) ||
-	    (sc->sc_curmode == ATH9K_MODE_11NG_HT40PLUS) ||
-	    (sc->sc_curmode == ATH9K_MODE_11NG_HT40MINUS)) {
+	if ((sc->hw->conf.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) &&
+	    (sc->hw->conf.ht.enabled)) {
 		u8 dot11rate = rate_table->info[rix].dot11rate;
 		u8 phy = rate_table->info[rix].phy;
 		if (i == 4 &&
@@ -1354,8 +1353,8 @@ static void ath_rc_init(struct ath_softc *sc,
 						   sta->ht_cap.ht_supported,
 						   is_cw_40);
 	} else if (sc->sc_ah->ah_opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
-		/* sc_curmode would be set on init through config() */
-		rate_table = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+		/* cur_rate_table would be set on init through config() */
+		rate_table = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	}
 
 	if (!rate_table) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
index 7a455468823b8d24145b8c2d8de12f62a474414c..b182ef570f88062cc975b4b6dea44b06e3bf2ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int ath_rx_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ath_desc *ds,
 			  struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status, bool *decrypt_error,
 			  struct ath_softc *sc)
 {
-	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
 	int ratekbps, rix;
 	u8 ratecode;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
index 9de27c681b86f9135e10fc5e3572e8e0f819f753..353b7ed1c8a46d630560fb9d3015696a0d1d63a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void ath_tx_update_baw(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
 static u32 ath_pkt_duration(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 rix, struct ath_buf *bf,
 			    int width, int half_gi, bool shortPreamble)
 {
-	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	u32 nbits, nsymbits, duration, nsymbols;
 	u8 rc;
 	int streams, pktlen;
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static void ath_buf_set_rate(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf)
 	}
 
 	/* get the cix for the lowest valid rix */
-	rt = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	rt = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	for (i = 3; i >= 0; i--) {
 		if (rates[i].count && (rates[i].idx >= 0)) {
 			rix = rates[i].idx;
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ static u32 ath_lookup_rate(struct ath_softc *sc,
 			   struct ath_buf *bf,
 			   struct ath_atx_tid *tid)
 {
-	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates;
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ static int ath_compute_num_delims(struct ath_softc *sc,
 				  struct ath_buf *bf,
 				  u16 frmlen)
 {
-	struct ath_rate_table *rt = sc->hw_rate_table[sc->sc_curmode];
+	struct ath_rate_table *rt = sc->cur_rate_table;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	u32 nsymbits, nsymbols, mpdudensity;