diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.h
index 4c80b09a858dc4aed6dcf7a3b6becb641f334d99..47b55855c37da0363bb213fc92a4491419f7eebf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct b43_phy {
 	/* HT info */
 	bool is_40mhz;
 
-	/* GMODE bit enabled? */
+	/* Is GMODE (2 GHz mode) bit enabled? */
 	bool gmode;
 
 	/* Analog Type */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
index 31adb8cf0291fb0bbebf1a6896c8f4ff4d7288b9..4f38f19b8e3d373847778766ec8ad820e5d1d2bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ int b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev *dev,
 		mac_ctl |= B43_TXH_MAC_HWSEQ;
 	if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT)
 		mac_ctl |= B43_TXH_MAC_STMSDU;
-	if (phy->type == B43_PHYTYPE_A)
+	if (!phy->gmode)
 		mac_ctl |= B43_TXH_MAC_5GHZ;
 
 	/* Overwrite rates[0].count to make the retry calculation