diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
index b60d14151721da3cb141b9b74ac0e3aee2d43a92..365095a0c3b3101e3c87b76036dbd82b352b9deb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 /* Scan Commands, Responses, Notifications */
 
 /* Masks for iwl_scan_channel.type flags */
-#define SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_PASSIVE	0
 #define SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_ACTIVE	BIT(0)
 #define SCAN_CHANNEL_NARROW_BAND	BIT(22)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
index 268f027b45b009184a320fc7388846ff4b74a6eb..acdff6b67e0460e669e5c25192af245df93ac4b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
@@ -178,19 +178,12 @@ static void iwl_mvm_scan_fill_channels(struct iwl_scan_cmd *cmd,
 	struct iwl_scan_channel *chan = (struct iwl_scan_channel *)
 		(cmd->data + le16_to_cpu(cmd->tx_cmd.len));
 	int i;
-	__le32 chan_type_value;
-
-	if (req->n_ssids > 0)
-		chan_type_value = cpu_to_le32(BIT(req->n_ssids) - 1);
-	else
-		chan_type_value = SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_PASSIVE;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cmd->channel_count; i++) {
 		chan->channel = cpu_to_le16(req->channels[i]->hw_value);
+		chan->type = cpu_to_le32(BIT(req->n_ssids) - 1);
 		if (req->channels[i]->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)
-			chan->type = SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_PASSIVE;
-		else
-			chan->type = chan_type_value;
+			chan->type &= cpu_to_le32(~SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_ACTIVE);
 		chan->active_dwell = cpu_to_le16(active_dwell);
 		chan->passive_dwell = cpu_to_le16(passive_dwell);
 		chan->iteration_count = cpu_to_le16(1);