diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
index d2baea22cba25f8ccd840004e385752a14c7da4c..a6e360194e00cd0c6c474d3f333aad776b81918c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,7 @@ int iwl_mvm_up(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	int ret, i;
 	struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
 	struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
+	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = NULL;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
@@ -1371,7 +1372,15 @@ int iwl_mvm_up(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 		goto error;
 
 	/* Add all the PHY contexts */
-	chan = &mvm->hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ]->channels[0];
+	i = 0;
+	while (!sband && i < NUM_NL80211_BANDS)
+		sband = mvm->hw->wiphy->bands[i++];
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sband))
+		goto error;
+
+	chan = &sband->channels[0];
+
 	cfg80211_chandef_create(&chandef, chan, NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT);
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_PHY_CTX; i++) {
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/phy-ctxt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/phy-ctxt.c
index 86e40bae57e3c7678edeecf238a4315d0c104ae6..0243dbe8ac49067b6168ccf947b51a6def418a44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/phy-ctxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/phy-ctxt.c
@@ -289,8 +289,17 @@ void iwl_mvm_phy_ctxt_unref(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct iwl_mvm_phy_ctxt *ctxt)
 	if (ctxt->ref == 0) {
 		struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
 		struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
+		struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = NULL;
+		enum nl80211_band band = NL80211_BAND_2GHZ;
+
+		while (!sband && band < NUM_NL80211_BANDS)
+			sband = mvm->hw->wiphy->bands[band++];
+
+		if (WARN_ON(!sband))
+			return;
+
+		chan = &sband->channels[0];
 
-		chan = &mvm->hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ]->channels[0];
 		cfg80211_chandef_create(&chandef, chan, NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT);
 		iwl_mvm_phy_ctxt_changed(mvm, ctxt, &chandef, 1, 1);
 	}