diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/acx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/acx.c
index 2f5207ae7cf525936e148a3eedd6ee1e452a4659..7e33f1f4f3d47c7866baac5af76b656111139d2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/acx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/acx.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int wl1271_acx_tx_power(struct wl1271 *wl, int power)
 	struct acx_current_tx_power *acx;
 	int ret;
 
-	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_ACX, "acx dot11_cur_tx_pwr");
+	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_ACX, "acx dot11_cur_tx_pwr %d", power);
 
 	if (power < 0 || power > 25)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
index ebfde942bec5be9c7f93ef3d798265fd1a4f52d1..c3e9a2e4410eb6ab4015c0b321519a0c1a312088 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ static int wl1271_ap_hw_init(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* initialize Tx power */
+	ret = wl1271_acx_tx_power(wl, wl->power_level);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index b381e6979b5140cc02a3318b89c3e6e98ca60b98..526b1ac2dd802b98c4fa9ef00858f583325c2882 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -2278,6 +2278,9 @@ static int wl1271_op_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
 			wl->channel = channel;
 		}
 
+		if ((changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER))
+			wl->power_level = conf->power_level;
+
 		goto out;
 	}