diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 7188ef9f07b6b3ec041a052d5793dce8410bdeee..aef39243595a76e52499fc766e62ae17ddbcc2d8 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1322,62 +1322,6 @@ void wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory);
 
-/* This has the logic which determines when a new request
- * should be ignored. */
-static enum reg_request_treatment
-get_reg_request_treatment(struct wiphy *wiphy,
-			  struct regulatory_request *pending_request)
-{
-	struct wiphy *last_wiphy = NULL;
-	struct regulatory_request *lr = get_last_request();
-
-	/* All initial requests are respected */
-	if (!lr)
-		return REG_REQ_OK;
-
-	switch (pending_request->initiator) {
-	case NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE:
-	case NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER:
-	case NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER:
-		return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
-	case NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE:
-		if (reg_request_cell_base(lr)) {
-			/* Trust a Cell base station over the AP's country IE */
-			if (regdom_changes(pending_request->alpha2))
-				return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
-			return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
-		}
-
-		last_wiphy = wiphy_idx_to_wiphy(lr->wiphy_idx);
-
-		if (unlikely(!is_an_alpha2(pending_request->alpha2)))
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (lr->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE) {
-			if (last_wiphy != wiphy) {
-				/*
-				 * Two cards with two APs claiming different
-				 * Country IE alpha2s. We could
-				 * intersect them, but that seems unlikely
-				 * to be correct. Reject second one for now.
-				 */
-				if (regdom_changes(pending_request->alpha2))
-					return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
-				return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
-			}
-			/*
-			 * Two consecutive Country IE hints on the same wiphy.
-			 * This should be picked up early by the driver/stack
-			 */
-			if (WARN_ON(regdom_changes(pending_request->alpha2)))
-				return REG_REQ_OK;
-			return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
-		}
-		return REG_REQ_OK;
-	}
-
-	return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
-}
-
 static void reg_set_request_processed(void)
 {
 	bool need_more_processing = false;
@@ -1581,96 +1525,92 @@ reg_process_hint_driver(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	return REG_REQ_OK;
 }
 
+static enum reg_request_treatment
+__reg_process_hint_country_ie(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+			      struct regulatory_request *country_ie_request)
+{
+	struct wiphy *last_wiphy = NULL;
+	struct regulatory_request *lr = get_last_request();
+
+	if (reg_request_cell_base(lr)) {
+		/* Trust a Cell base station over the AP's country IE */
+		if (regdom_changes(country_ie_request->alpha2))
+			return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
+		return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
+	}
+
+	last_wiphy = wiphy_idx_to_wiphy(lr->wiphy_idx);
+
+	if (unlikely(!is_an_alpha2(country_ie_request->alpha2)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (lr->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE) {
+		if (last_wiphy != wiphy) {
+			/*
+			 * Two cards with two APs claiming different
+			 * Country IE alpha2s. We could
+			 * intersect them, but that seems unlikely
+			 * to be correct. Reject second one for now.
+			 */
+			if (regdom_changes(country_ie_request->alpha2))
+				return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
+			return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Two consecutive Country IE hints on the same wiphy.
+		 * This should be picked up early by the driver/stack
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON(regdom_changes(country_ie_request->alpha2)))
+			return REG_REQ_OK;
+		return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
+	}
+	return REG_REQ_OK;
+}
+
 /**
- * __regulatory_hint - hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain
- * @wiphy: if the hint comes from country information from an AP, this
- *	is required to be set to the wiphy that received the information
- * @pending_request: the regulatory request currently being processed
+ * reg_process_hint_country_ie - process regulatory requests from country IEs
+ * @country_ie_request: a regulatory request from a country IE
  *
- * The Wireless subsystem can use this function to hint to the wireless core
- * what it believes should be the current regulatory domain.
+ * The wireless subsystem can use this function to process
+ * a regulatory request issued by a country Information Element.
  *
  * Returns one of the different reg request treatment values.
  */
 static enum reg_request_treatment
-__regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy,
-		  struct regulatory_request *pending_request)
+reg_process_hint_country_ie(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+			    struct regulatory_request *country_ie_request)
 {
-	const struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
-	bool intersect = false;
 	enum reg_request_treatment treatment;
 	struct regulatory_request *lr;
 
-	treatment = get_reg_request_treatment(wiphy, pending_request);
+	treatment = __reg_process_hint_country_ie(wiphy, country_ie_request);
 
 	switch (treatment) {
-	case REG_REQ_INTERSECT:
-		if (pending_request->initiator ==
-		    NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER) {
-			regd = reg_copy_regd(get_cfg80211_regdom());
-			if (IS_ERR(regd)) {
-				kfree(pending_request);
-				return PTR_ERR(regd);
-			}
-			rcu_assign_pointer(wiphy->regd, regd);
-		}
-		intersect = true;
-		break;
 	case REG_REQ_OK:
 		break;
-	default:
+	case REG_REQ_IGNORE:
+		/* fall through */
+	case REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET:
+		kfree(country_ie_request);
+		return treatment;
+	case REG_REQ_INTERSECT:
+		kfree(country_ie_request);
 		/*
-		 * If the regulatory domain being requested by the
-		 * driver has already been set just copy it to the
-		 * wiphy
+		 * This doesn't happen yet, not sure we
+		 * ever want to support it for this case.
 		 */
-		if (treatment == REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET &&
-		    pending_request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER) {
-			regd = reg_copy_regd(get_cfg80211_regdom());
-			if (IS_ERR(regd)) {
-				kfree(pending_request);
-				return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
-			}
-			treatment = REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
-			rcu_assign_pointer(wiphy->regd, regd);
-			goto new_request;
-		}
-		kfree(pending_request);
-		return treatment;
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "Unexpected intersection for country IEs");
+		return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
 	}
 
-new_request:
 	lr = get_last_request();
 	if (lr != &core_request_world && lr)
 		kfree_rcu(lr, rcu_head);
 
-	pending_request->intersect = intersect;
-	pending_request->processed = false;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(last_request, pending_request);
-	lr = pending_request;
-
-	pending_request = NULL;
+	country_ie_request->intersect = false;
+	country_ie_request->processed = false;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(last_request, country_ie_request);
 
-	if (lr->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER) {
-		user_alpha2[0] = lr->alpha2[0];
-		user_alpha2[1] = lr->alpha2[1];
-	}
-
-	/* When r == REG_REQ_INTERSECT we do need to call CRDA */
-	if (treatment != REG_REQ_OK && treatment != REG_REQ_INTERSECT) {
-		/*
-		 * Since CRDA will not be called in this case as we already
-		 * have applied the requested regulatory domain before we just
-		 * inform userspace we have processed the request
-		 */
-		if (treatment == REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET) {
-			nl80211_send_reg_change_event(lr);
-			reg_set_request_processed();
-		}
-		return treatment;
-	}
-
-	if (call_crda(lr->alpha2))
+	if (call_crda(country_ie_request->alpha2))
 		return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
 	return REG_REQ_OK;
 }
@@ -1707,22 +1647,17 @@ static void reg_process_hint(struct regulatory_request *reg_request)
 		treatment = reg_process_hint_driver(wiphy, reg_request);
 		break;
 	case NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE:
-		treatment = __regulatory_hint(wiphy, reg_request);
+		treatment = reg_process_hint_country_ie(wiphy, reg_request);
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN(1, "invalid initiator %d\n", reg_request->initiator);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	switch (treatment) {
-	case REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET:
-		/* This is required so that the orig_* parameters are saved */
-		if (wiphy && wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY)
-			wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, reg_request->initiator);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
+	/* This is required so that the orig_* parameters are saved */
+	if (treatment == REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET && wiphy &&
+	    wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY)
+		wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, reg_request->initiator);
 }
 
 /*