diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h
index 4b07db9cd407c61101542e401e3aa670d659f15e..1da14f9bbe0f02fb1b2142f0ed1e0302bd86478b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ struct iwl3945_priv {
 	u16 active_rate_basic;
 
 	u8 call_post_assoc_from_beacon;
-	u8 assoc_station_added;
 	/* Rate scaling data */
 	s8 data_retry_limit;
 	u8 retry_rate;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index f644c6bba85fadbfee838adeec0babf1f799384b..5d8965e0b900b3c5ab15a21f8c60aa9f9e38272d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ static int iwl3945_tx_skb(struct iwl3945_priv *priv,
 #endif
 
 	/* drop all data frame if we are not associated */
-	if (!iwl3945_is_associated(priv) && !priv->assoc_id &&
+	if ((!iwl3945_is_associated(priv) || !priv->assoc_id) &&
 	    ((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA)) {
 		IWL_DEBUG_DROP("Dropping - !iwl3945_is_associated\n");
 		goto drop_unlock;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 131cf5adbd7967c2a564d414cfd45e561c123c20..abdce17f60e6a896e21f4d9a20a722be7a361603 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -2933,8 +2933,10 @@ static int iwl4965_tx_skb(struct iwl4965_priv *priv,
 #endif
 
 	/* drop all data frame if we are not associated */
-	if (!iwl4965_is_associated(priv) && !priv->assoc_id &&
-	    ((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA)) {
+	if (((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA) &&
+	   (!iwl4965_is_associated(priv) ||
+	    !priv->assoc_id ||
+	    !priv->assoc_station_added)) {
 		IWL_DEBUG_DROP("Dropping - !iwl4965_is_associated\n");
 		goto drop_unlock;
 	}