diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
index 8e4e9b6919e0274cbdbc3a2cfde72b2e40c8fb6f..ffc565ac21924b590481df8c88eefe422de4e463 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ static const struct ieee80211_rate mwl8k_rates_50[] = {
 #define MWL8K_CMD_UPDATE_STADB		0x1123
 #define MWL8K_CMD_BASTREAM		0x1125
 
+#define MWL8K_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET \
+	(ARRAY_SIZE(mwl8k_rates_24) - ARRAY_SIZE(mwl8k_rates_50))
+
 static const char *mwl8k_cmd_name(__le16 cmd, char *buf, int bufsize)
 {
 	u16 command = le16_to_cpu(cmd);
@@ -1016,8 +1019,9 @@ mwl8k_rxd_ap_process(void *_rxd, struct ieee80211_rx_status *status,
 
 	if (rxd->channel > 14) {
 		status->band = NL80211_BAND_5GHZ;
-		if (!(status->encoding == RX_ENC_HT))
-			status->rate_idx -= 5;
+		if (!(status->encoding == RX_ENC_HT) &&
+		    status->rate_idx >= MWL8K_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET)
+			status->rate_idx -= MWL8K_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET;
 	} else {
 		status->band = NL80211_BAND_2GHZ;
 	}
@@ -1124,8 +1128,9 @@ mwl8k_rxd_sta_process(void *_rxd, struct ieee80211_rx_status *status,
 
 	if (rxd->channel > 14) {
 		status->band = NL80211_BAND_5GHZ;
-		if (!(status->encoding == RX_ENC_HT))
-			status->rate_idx -= 5;
+		if (!(status->encoding == RX_ENC_HT) &&
+		    status->rate_idx >= MWL8K_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET)
+			status->rate_idx -= MWL8K_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET;
 	} else {
 		status->band = NL80211_BAND_2GHZ;
 	}