diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index 30185ad28d9321ab887f08e3c757417430497b05..164df9347a2f9762367889495dacf1378bd8e95c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -1069,8 +1069,6 @@ static void rt2400pci_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, CSR14, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_COUNT, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, CSR14, reg);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index 3b3171578b1445952987f28fdd7a64f53c1ada8b..4186582f2770df1cc6e1ee98a947973d169c3d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -1227,8 +1227,6 @@ static void rt2500pci_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, CSR14, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_COUNT, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, CSR14, reg);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index de48c5c68eff59148cb34fc95f32852233e1eb7e..09a589432dabf11731aef04318c42e7c5f576a69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,6 @@ static void rt2500usb_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TSF_COUNT, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TBCN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg);
 
@@ -1287,7 +1285,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_get_tx_data_len(struct queue_entry *entry)
 static void rt2500usb_kick_tx_queue(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				    const enum data_queue_qid queue)
 {
-	u16 reg;
+	u16 reg, reg0;
 
 	if (queue != QID_BEACON) {
 		rt2x00usb_kick_tx_queue(rt2x00dev, queue);
@@ -1298,16 +1296,19 @@ static void rt2500usb_kick_tx_queue(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	if (!rt2x00_get_field16(reg, TXRX_CSR19_BEACON_GEN)) {
 		rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TSF_COUNT, 1);
 		rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TBCN, 1);
+		reg0 = reg;
 		rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_BEACON_GEN, 1);
 		/*
 		 * Beacon generation will fail initially.
-		 * To prevent this we need to register the TXRX_CSR19
-		 * register several times.
+		 * To prevent this we need to change the TXRX_CSR19
+		 * register several times (reg0 is the same as reg
+		 * except for TXRX_CSR19_BEACON_GEN, which is 0 in reg0
+		 * and 1 in reg).
 		 */
 		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg);
-		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, 0);
+		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg0);
 		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg);
-		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, 0);
+		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg0);
 		rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index 2de0389d823d0ba5024805100f6a162f9c73a2e1..3856f06fdca7a610b163ffe9d5da1307f7f2744e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -2050,8 +2050,6 @@ static void rt2800usb_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2x00usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, BCN_TIME_CFG, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, BCN_TIME_CFG_TSF_TICKING, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, BCN_TIME_CFG_TBTT_ENABLE, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, BCN_TIME_CFG_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, BCN_TIME_CFG, reg);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index 3447997fc71a077b9a8c036085399e36a705cafb..f4b4b86da4da5b1e7f8935982b4731ac99bc1685 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -1855,8 +1855,6 @@ static void rt61pci_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_TICKING, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, reg);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 4b9955b1c70e565b5899c0ab901f3f6851ea2c31..4d94b65943f19b71e798fc26d2b30cffab32cdb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1527,8 +1527,6 @@ static void rt73usb_write_beacon(struct queue_entry *entry)
 	 * otherwise we might be sending out invalid data.
 	 */
 	rt2x00usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, &reg);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_TICKING, 0);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, reg);