diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 0656d9956fc2f7d5d2310b108fa009894fff6e3d..4e2226e937ad94be08a4640c189fa0a406cd4732 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -995,21 +995,6 @@ brcms_c_dotxstatus(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct tx_status *txs)
 
 }
 
-static bool
-brcms_b_dotxstatus(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, struct tx_status *txs)
-{
-	/* discard intermediate indications for ucode with one legitimate case:
-	 *   e.g. if "useRTS" is set. ucode did a successful rts/cts exchange,
-	 *   but the subsequent tx of DATA failed. so it will start rts/cts from
-	 *   the beginning (resetting the rts transmission count)
-	 */
-	if (!(txs->status & TX_STATUS_AMPDU)
-	    && (txs->status & TX_STATUS_INTERMEDIATE))
-		return false;
-
-	return brcms_c_dotxstatus(wlc_hw->wlc, txs);
-}
-
 /* process tx completion events in BMAC
  * Return true if more tx status need to be processed. false otherwise.
  */
@@ -1032,6 +1017,7 @@ brcms_b_txstatus(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, bool bound, bool *fatal)
 
 	txs = &txstatus;
 	regs = wlc_hw->regs;
+	*fatal = false;
 	while (!(*fatal)
 	       && (s1 = R_REG(&regs->frmtxstatus)) & TXS_V) {
 
@@ -1041,7 +1027,7 @@ brcms_b_txstatus(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, bool bound, bool *fatal)
 			return morepending;
 		}
 
-			s2 = R_REG(&regs->frmtxstatus2);
+		s2 = R_REG(&regs->frmtxstatus2);
 
 		txs->status = s1 & TXS_STATUS_MASK;
 		txs->frameid = (s1 & TXS_FID_MASK) >> TXS_FID_SHIFT;
@@ -1049,7 +1035,7 @@ brcms_b_txstatus(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, bool bound, bool *fatal)
 		txs->phyerr = (s2 & TXS_PTX_MASK) >> TXS_PTX_SHIFT;
 		txs->lasttxtime = 0;
 
-		*fatal = brcms_b_dotxstatus(wlc_hw, txs);
+		*fatal = brcms_c_dotxstatus(wlc_hw->wlc, txs);
 
 		/* !give others some time to run! */
 		if (++n >= max_tx_num)
@@ -1077,7 +1063,6 @@ bool brcms_c_dpc(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool bounded)
 	u32 macintstatus;
 	struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw = wlc->hw;
 	struct d11regs __iomem *regs = wlc_hw->regs;
-	bool fatal = false;
 	struct wiphy *wiphy = wlc->wiphy;
 
 	if (brcms_deviceremoved(wlc)) {
@@ -1098,6 +1083,7 @@ bool brcms_c_dpc(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool bounded)
 
 	/* tx status */
 	if (macintstatus & MI_TFS) {
+		bool fatal;
 		if (brcms_b_txstatus(wlc->hw, bounded, &fatal))
 			wlc->macintstatus |= MI_TFS;
 		if (fatal) {