diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.h
index abac25ee958dad54f140c550ef62ba05bf2bc3ae..f476fc337d64c8098ff7397bff7fedd2a9bcc4b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.h
@@ -58,41 +58,6 @@ enum b43_verbosity {
 #endif
 };
 
-
-/* Lightweight function to convert a frequency (in Mhz) to a channel number. */
-static inline u8 b43_freq_to_channel_5ghz(int freq)
-{
-	return ((freq - 5000) / 5);
-}
-static inline u8 b43_freq_to_channel_2ghz(int freq)
-{
-	u8 channel;
-
-	if (freq == 2484)
-		channel = 14;
-	else
-		channel = (freq - 2407) / 5;
-
-	return channel;
-}
-
-/* Lightweight function to convert a channel number to a frequency (in Mhz). */
-static inline int b43_channel_to_freq_5ghz(u8 channel)
-{
-	return (5000 + (5 * channel));
-}
-static inline int b43_channel_to_freq_2ghz(u8 channel)
-{
-	int freq;
-
-	if (channel == 14)
-		freq = 2484;
-	else
-		freq = 2407 + (5 * channel);
-
-	return freq;
-}
-
 static inline int b43_is_cck_rate(int rate)
 {
 	return (rate == B43_CCK_RATE_1MB ||
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
index 50e5ddb12fb3f6bf97217819a862c5d508ec0bd4..218a0f37af46627570ba4e1e1a8e359edb470ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
@@ -806,7 +806,8 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, const void *_rxhdr)
 		B43_WARN_ON(1);
 		/* FIXME: We don't really know which value the "chanid" contains.
 		 *        So the following assignment might be wrong. */
-		status.freq = b43_channel_to_freq_5ghz(chanid);
+		status.freq =
+			ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(chanid, status.band);
 		break;
 	case B43_PHYTYPE_G:
 		status.band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
@@ -819,13 +820,12 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, const void *_rxhdr)
 	case B43_PHYTYPE_HT:
 		/* chanid is the SHM channel cookie. Which is the plain
 		 * channel number in b43. */
-		if (chanstat & B43_RX_CHAN_5GHZ) {
+		if (chanstat & B43_RX_CHAN_5GHZ)
 			status.band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
-			status.freq = b43_channel_to_freq_5ghz(chanid);
-		} else {
+		else
 			status.band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
-			status.freq = b43_channel_to_freq_2ghz(chanid);
-		}
+		status.freq =
+			ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(chanid, status.band);
 		break;
 	default:
 		B43_WARN_ON(1);