diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index d38baa41cf6c6a073bf9ed3de8cd81fbb7602d22..93b3c7298be37655aa460e436c658db219c2b437 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -655,14 +655,15 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_merge_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	if (ieee80211_sta_active_ibss(sdata))
 		return;
 
-	if (ifibss->fixed_channel)
+	if (ifibss->fixed_bssid)
 		return;
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other "
 	       "IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)\n", sdata->name);
 
 	ieee80211_request_internal_scan(sdata,
-			ifibss->ssid, ifibss->ssid_len, NULL);
+			ifibss->ssid, ifibss->ssid_len,
+			ifibss->fixed_channel ? ifibss->channel : NULL);
 }
 
 static void ieee80211_sta_create_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)