diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 463271f9492eb5eab9e7d8b9509125214127e42f..3e81af1fce58177da28120b47111283c443fad99 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define IEEE80211_IBSS_JOIN_TIMEOUT (7 * HZ)
 
 #define IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL (30 * HZ)
-#define IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_DELAY 0x400000
 #define IEEE80211_IBSS_INACTIVITY_LIMIT (60 * HZ)
 
 #define IEEE80211_IBSS_MAX_STA_ENTRIES 128
@@ -397,10 +396,6 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	       jiffies);
 #endif
 
-	/* give slow hardware some time to do the TSF sync */
-	if (rx_timestamp < IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_DELAY)
-		goto put_bss;
-
 	if (beacon_timestamp > rx_timestamp) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: beacon TSF higher than "