diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
index c8c9852c81a74f56f11419161a05ddf1e1b1d214..c1ff3307e4f10ecea4b235f5f12b30245e17734e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
@@ -379,22 +379,22 @@ static int wil_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 				sme->ie_len);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		/*
-		 * For secure assoc, send:
-		 * (1) WMI_DELETE_CIPHER_KEY_CMD
-		 * (2) WMI_SET_APPIE_CMD
-		 */
+		/* For secure assoc, send WMI_DELETE_CIPHER_KEY_CMD */
 		rc = wmi_del_cipher_key(wil, 0, bss->bssid);
 		if (rc) {
 			wil_err(wil, "WMI_DELETE_CIPHER_KEY_CMD failed\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		/* WMI_SET_APPIE_CMD */
-		rc = wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_ASSOC_REQ, sme->ie_len, sme->ie);
-		if (rc) {
-			wil_err(wil, "WMI_SET_APPIE_CMD failed\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
+	}
+
+	/* WMI_SET_APPIE_CMD. ie may contain rsn info as well as other info
+	 * elements. Send it also in case it's empty, to erase previously set
+	 * ies in FW.
+	 */
+	rc = wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_ASSOC_REQ, sme->ie_len, sme->ie);
+	if (rc) {
+		wil_err(wil, "WMI_SET_APPIE_CMD failed\n");
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* WMI_CONNECT_CMD */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
index c3682c3ae89651b331bf570cf2a0688b983288c6..789c316d0ce65511e0420e70dd7832303712e78a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ int wmi_set_ie(struct wil6210_priv *wil, u8 type, u16 ie_len, const void *ie)
 
 	if (!cmd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!ie)
+		ie_len = 0;
 
 	cmd->mgmt_frm_type = type;
 	/* BUG: FW API define ieLen as u8. Will fix FW */