diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 44eea1af155347e8c7a8f74a289875bb9b61387c..bb63878d865e7646d41073e14aad6b7c1190c954 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1066,8 +1066,6 @@ void ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 void ieee80211_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_local *local);
 u32 ieee80211_reset_erp_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 
-extern bool ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz;
-
 /* STA code */
 void ieee80211_sta_setup_sdata(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 int ieee80211_mgd_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index e7eb2cfaf400bd5d650b4e11c0582a01f92f74b7..2543e48bd813b7e32ec069d0246b1b7e887890d7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "debugfs.h"
 
 
-bool ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz;
+static bool ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz;
 module_param(ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz,
 		 "Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band");
@@ -723,6 +723,18 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 		}
 		channels += sband->n_channels;
 
+		/*
+		 * Since ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz is global, we can
+		 * modify the sband's ht data even if the driver uses a
+		 * global structure for that.
+		 */
+		if (ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz &&
+		    band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ &&
+		    sband->ht_cap.ht_supported) {
+			sband->ht_cap.cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
+			sband->ht_cap.cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
+		}
+
 		if (max_bitrates < sband->n_bitrates)
 			max_bitrates = sband->n_bitrates;
 		supp_ht = supp_ht || sband->ht_cap.ht_supported;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index cf68700abffabd8147cb58b6f14be5433f024672..26fd5d29af7fd5863f8bc6f7f2d2871abc6fa756 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -986,12 +986,6 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer,
 		u16 cap = sband->ht_cap.cap;
 		__le16 tmp;
 
-		if (ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz &&
-		    sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
-			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
-			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
-		}
-
 		*pos++ = WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY;
 		*pos++ = sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap);
 		memset(pos, 0, sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap));
diff --git a/net/mac80211/work.c b/net/mac80211/work.c
index 64f2b2871282b7b43eb74cef20c0e64d163f263a..204f0a4db96911c41df34a209fa7ead03f4aa511 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/work.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/work.c
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ static void ieee80211_add_ht_ie(struct sk_buff *skb, const u8 *ht_info_ie,
 
 	/* determine capability flags */
 
-	if (ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz &&
-	    sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
-		cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
-		cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
-	}
-
 	switch (ht_info->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_OFFSET) {
 	case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE:
 		if (flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_HT40PLUS) {