diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index 3f1e5f1bf84720932e25ffa88f63b4f80d972d9a..91a9f5253469948d573725ec54cc7b5e6f1e3208 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -2624,6 +2624,7 @@ struct iwl_cfg iwl4965_agn_cfg = {
 	.fw_name_pre = IWL4965_FW_PRE,
 	.ucode_api_max = IWL4965_UCODE_API_MAX,
 	.ucode_api_min = IWL4965_UCODE_API_MIN,
+	.sku = IWL_SKU_A|IWL_SKU_G|IWL_SKU_N,
 	.valid_tx_ant = ANT_AB,
 	.valid_rx_ant = ANT_ABC,
 	.eeprom_ver = EEPROM_4965_EEPROM_VERSION,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-eeprom.c
index 14ceb4df72f63e3fa4f467a074c15ecda5849454..27b5a3eec9dc28dc12f17d8a47bf9ba25250085a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-eeprom.c
@@ -152,11 +152,14 @@ int iwl_eeprom_check_sku(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	eeprom_sku = iwl_eeprom_query16(priv, EEPROM_SKU_CAP);
 
-	priv->cfg->sku = ((eeprom_sku & EEPROM_SKU_CAP_BAND_SELECTION) >>
+	if (!priv->cfg->sku) {
+		/* not using sku overwrite */
+		priv->cfg->sku =
+			((eeprom_sku & EEPROM_SKU_CAP_BAND_SELECTION) >>
 			EEPROM_SKU_CAP_BAND_POS);
-	if (eeprom_sku & EEPROM_SKU_CAP_11N_ENABLE)
-		priv->cfg->sku |= IWL_SKU_N;
-
+		if (eeprom_sku & EEPROM_SKU_CAP_11N_ENABLE)
+			priv->cfg->sku |= IWL_SKU_N;
+	}
 	if (!priv->cfg->sku) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Invalid device sku\n");
 		return -EINVAL;