diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
index 524269d2c30c1e62e096e291fb65c6f737882d93..94656106b496650e87a74bae0359f3082c5a749b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static int qtnf_parse_variable_mac_info(struct qtnf_wmac *mac,
 	struct ieee80211_iface_limit *limits = NULL;
 	const struct qlink_iface_limit *limit_record;
 	size_t record_count = 0, rec = 0;
-	u16 tlv_type, tlv_value_len, mask;
+	u16 tlv_type, tlv_value_len;
 	struct qlink_iface_comb_num *comb;
 	size_t tlv_full_len;
 	const struct qlink_tlv_hdr *tlv;
@@ -1042,9 +1042,10 @@ static int qtnf_parse_variable_mac_info(struct qtnf_wmac *mac,
 
 			limit_record = (void *)tlv->val;
 			limits[rec].max = le16_to_cpu(limit_record->max_num);
-			mask = le16_to_cpu(limit_record->type_mask);
-			limits[rec].types = qlink_iface_type_mask_to_nl(mask);
-			/* only AP and STA modes are supported */
+			limits[rec].types = qlink_iface_type_to_nl_mask(
+				le16_to_cpu(limit_record->type));
+
+			/* supported modes: STA, AP */
 			limits[rec].types &= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
 					     BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
index c529cc1994b4a5552521fc187dfec83179c2c107..ec51263624940d51ab00b83f32bb1a04f1c2d424 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ struct qlink_tlv_hdr {
 
 struct qlink_iface_limit {
 	__le16 max_num;
-	__le16 type_mask;
+	__le16 type;
 } __packed;
 
 struct qlink_iface_comb_num {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
index 49ae652ad9a3e4e46efec124c9ad28b01abce300..22fa631d692da8b06680d90e9586201ae2e2f8ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
@@ -17,24 +17,27 @@
 
 #include "qlink_util.h"
 
-u16 qlink_iface_type_mask_to_nl(u16 qlink_mask)
+u16 qlink_iface_type_to_nl_mask(u16 qlink_type)
 {
 	u16 result = 0;
 
-	if (qlink_mask & QLINK_IFTYPE_AP)
+	switch (qlink_type) {
+	case QLINK_IFTYPE_AP:
 		result |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP);
-
-	if (qlink_mask & QLINK_IFTYPE_STATION)
+		break;
+	case QLINK_IFTYPE_STATION:
 		result |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
-
-	if (qlink_mask & QLINK_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
+		break;
+	case QLINK_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		result |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
-
-	if (qlink_mask & QLINK_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+		break;
+	case QLINK_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
 		result |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR);
-
-	if (qlink_mask & QLINK_IFTYPE_WDS)
+		break;
+	case QLINK_IFTYPE_WDS:
 		result |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS);
+		break;
+	}
 
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.h b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.h
index 90d7d09a6c6329493482a5fb0cc70835edadd602..c9e882a3a9916e69b0bef1878407ba1ff4c3c96b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline void qtnf_cmd_skb_put_tlv_u16(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	memcpy(hdr->val, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
 }
 
-u16 qlink_iface_type_mask_to_nl(u16 qlink_mask);
+u16 qlink_iface_type_to_nl_mask(u16 qlink_type);
 u8 qlink_chan_width_mask_to_nl(u16 qlink_mask);
 
 #endif /* _QTN_FMAC_QLINK_UTIL_H_ */