diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index 2725f3c4442eca8af535ff49123a3bb96eab7a71..d38acf4b65e12ecbec9009baae3a5bb47b2a35ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ static int rt2400pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	 */
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_ATIM_QUEUE, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the rssi offset.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index 3ef1fb4185c0945a2da2b70656fe723ddf501a94..b00e4d483c58891de751b7796ed7d657ef1cdc77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@ static int rt2500pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	 */
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_ATIM_QUEUE, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the rssi offset.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 01f385d5846c6641eda7376e41ff911ebf69f691..b71df29436e75d24fc0a4e521ff523b0716f035e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 		__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_COPY_IV, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	}
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_SUPPORT_WATCHDOG, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the rssi offset.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 2f5d8de5ef14de59e98f91e7c58c81a58874a96a..9067c917c659ca5b34eb5dcf86fe3ca0cc93432c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ enum rt2x00_flags {
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD,
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO,
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT,
+	DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO,
 
 	/*
 	 * Driver features
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index b32ca31de7e8f8755538765b70d8e73d5cb977c4..eebb564ee4da4fefe2e083858aedcebf7ae5bf73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_seq(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ))
 		return;
 
+	__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_GENERATE_SEQ, &txdesc->flags);
+
+	if (!test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &entry->queue->rt2x00dev->flags))
+		return;
+
 	/*
-	 * Hardware should insert sequence counter.
-	 * FIXME: We insert a software sequence counter first for
-	 * hardware that doesn't support hardware sequence counting.
+	 * The hardware is not able to insert a sequence number. Assign a
+	 * software generated one here.
 	 *
 	 * This is wrong because beacons are not getting sequence
 	 * numbers assigned properly.
@@ -245,7 +249,6 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_seq(struct queue_entry *entry,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->seqlock, irqflags);
 
-	__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_GENERATE_SEQ, &txdesc->flags);
 }
 
 static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_plcp(struct queue_entry *entry,