diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index a5637c4aa85dc2936c129d37501560db2b13ec21..6d1519e1f011ad9f565a9256b3a6175dc54bb424 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2152,7 +2152,6 @@ static int iwl_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	/* we should be verifying the device is ready to be opened */
 	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
 
-	memset(&priv->staging_rxon, 0, sizeof(struct iwl_rxon_cmd));
 	/* fetch ucode file from disk, alloc and copy to bus-master buffers ...
 	 * ucode filename and max sizes are card-specific. */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 83d31606dd00dad721aec8003e85209214a3c24a..cb9bd4c8f25e3bdbb24d4f8cbc10164515fa5cb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -2498,8 +2498,7 @@ static void iwl3945_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		struct iwl3945_rxon_cmd *active_rxon =
 				(struct iwl3945_rxon_cmd *)(&priv->active_rxon);
 
-		memcpy(&priv->staging_rxon, &priv->active_rxon,
-		       sizeof(priv->staging_rxon));
+		priv->staging_rxon.filter_flags |= RXON_FILTER_ASSOC_MSK;
 		active_rxon->filter_flags &= ~RXON_FILTER_ASSOC_MSK;
 	} else {
 		/* Initialize our rx_config data */
@@ -3147,7 +3146,6 @@ static int iwl3945_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	/* we should be verifying the device is ready to be opened */
 	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
 
-	memset(&priv->staging_rxon, 0, sizeof(priv->staging_rxon));
 	/* fetch ucode file from disk, alloc and copy to bus-master buffers ...
 	 * ucode filename and max sizes are card-specific. */