diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index bb04f4a707e7d1dd38d29fa3f2bf8bca945daf33..9aab849fd6cfd1d08ca3ad8f92001984a371f8f6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -674,6 +674,41 @@ static int ieee80211_get_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ieee80211_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+				 struct net_device *netdev,
+				 struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
+				 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = NULL;
+
+	if (netdev)
+		sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(netdev);
+
+	switch (ieee80211_get_channel_mode(local, NULL)) {
+	case CHAN_MODE_HOPPING:
+		return -EBUSY;
+	case CHAN_MODE_FIXED:
+		if (local->oper_channel != chan)
+			return -EBUSY;
+		if (!sdata && local->_oper_channel_type == channel_type)
+			return 0;
+		break;
+	case CHAN_MODE_UNDEFINED:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata, channel_type))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	local->oper_channel = chan;
+
+	/* auto-detects changes */
+	ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ieee80211_set_probe_resp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				    const u8 *resp, size_t resp_len)
 {
@@ -1677,41 +1712,6 @@ static int ieee80211_set_txq_params(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ieee80211_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
-				 struct net_device *netdev,
-				 struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
-				 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = NULL;
-
-	if (netdev)
-		sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(netdev);
-
-	switch (ieee80211_get_channel_mode(local, NULL)) {
-	case CHAN_MODE_HOPPING:
-		return -EBUSY;
-	case CHAN_MODE_FIXED:
-		if (local->oper_channel != chan)
-			return -EBUSY;
-		if (!sdata && local->_oper_channel_type == channel_type)
-			return 0;
-		break;
-	case CHAN_MODE_UNDEFINED:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata, channel_type))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	local->oper_channel = chan;
-
-	/* auto-detects changes */
-	ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 static int ieee80211_suspend(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 			     struct cfg80211_wowlan *wowlan)