diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
index 41a03b12463b579ba7ccdccff62df44dc4ff7e4b..9e3894178e7773b3d6aca8a4cca70fc518fd6a96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
@@ -1124,8 +1124,11 @@ static void efuse_power_switch(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 write, u8 pwrstate)
 	u8 tempval;
 	u16 tmpV16;
 
-	if (pwrstate && (rtlhal->hw_type !=
-		HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8192SE)) {
+	if (pwrstate && (rtlhal->hw_type != HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8192SE)) {
+		if (rtlhal->hw_type == HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8188EE)
+			rtl_write_byte(rtlpriv, rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_ACCESS],
+				       0x69);
+
 		tmpV16 = rtl_read_word(rtlpriv,
 				       rtlpriv->cfg->maps[SYS_ISO_CTRL]);
 		if (!(tmpV16 & rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_PWC_EV12V])) {
@@ -1175,6 +1178,10 @@ static void efuse_power_switch(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 write, u8 pwrstate)
 		}
 
 	} else {
+		if (rtlhal->hw_type == HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8188EE)
+			rtl_write_byte(rtlpriv,
+				       rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_ACCESS], 0);
+
 		if (write) {
 			tempval = rtl_read_byte(rtlpriv,
 						rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_TEST] +
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index eab449222ce01fe9e2e1e104782201923a846f66..999ffc12578be27fb9b07259e69c723eb0efdbd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,10 @@ static bool _rtl_pci_find_adapter(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_INIT, DBG_DMESG,
 			 "8192D PCI-E is found - vid/did=%x/%x\n",
 			 venderid, deviceid);
+	} else if (deviceid == RTL_PCI_8188EE_DID) {
+		rtlhal->hw_type = HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8188EE;
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_INIT, DBG_LOUD,
+			 "Find adapter, Hardware type is 8188EE\n");
 	} else {
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_WARNING,
 			 "Err: Unknown device - vid/did=%x/%x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.h
index bd368d9c67fc83035bbe23bf48a58d0f667c88b7..d3262ec45d230f0f8abd1744501a004006c48198 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 #define RTL_PCI_8192CU_DID	0x8191	/*8192ce */
 #define RTL_PCI_8192DE_DID	0x8193	/*8192de */
 #define RTL_PCI_8192DE_DID2	0x002B	/*92DE*/
+#define RTL_PCI_8188EE_DID	0x8179  /*8188ee*/
 
 /*8192 support 16 pages of IO registers*/
 #define RTL_MEM_MAPPED_IO_RANGE_8190PCI		0x1000
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
index c796b01bfcad51fc1c9ed37dbcc4442e356fd82b..44328baa63898750ac957a6275de09ed7290f0f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ enum hardware_type {
 	HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8192DU,
 	HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8723AE,
 	HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8723U,
+	HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8188EE,
 
 	/* keep it last */
 	HARDWARE_TYPE_NUM