diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index e63aecbddfbe325e011691545ff1478cb062f5be..6fb3f7181536c7799409adaa07a261ce001109f3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ void ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 void ieee80211_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_local *local);
 u32 ieee80211_reset_erp_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 
+extern bool ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz;
+
 /* STA code */
 void ieee80211_sta_setup_sdata(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 int ieee80211_mgd_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index e1293e8ed83a455ca2e44e3eb73fdfd0dd9899c4..25f52098b636f8a934469499e54e060e1ef91c3b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 #include "cfg.h"
 #include "debugfs.h"
 
+
+bool ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz;
+module_param(ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz,
+		 "Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band");
+
 void ieee80211_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 {
 	u64 mc;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 0a762a9ba4df3311eb810325940f2752637cb4e9..a7472c979c63669e94a1315213a4b701ed7afebd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
 		/* determine capability flags */
 
+		if (ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz &&
+		    sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
+			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
+			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
+		}
+
 		switch (ht_info->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_OFFSET) {
 		case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE:
 			if (flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_HT40PLUS) {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 086ef6257b4b77f6408c9d473ca185772aedd593..acb6626ad0a431d9ac8c8007b99add864b017ce6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -908,16 +908,24 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer,
 	}
 
 	if (sband->ht_cap.ht_supported) {
-		__le16 tmp = cpu_to_le16(sband->ht_cap.cap);
+		u16 cap = sband->ht_cap.cap;
+		__le16 tmp;
+
+		if (ieee80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz &&
+		    sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
+			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
+			cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
+		}
 
 		*pos++ = WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY;
 		*pos++ = sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap);
 		memset(pos, 0, sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap));
+		tmp = cpu_to_le16(cap);
 		memcpy(pos, &tmp, sizeof(u16));
 		pos += sizeof(u16);
-		/* TODO: needs a define here for << 2 */
 		*pos++ = sband->ht_cap.ampdu_factor |
-			 (sband->ht_cap.ampdu_density << 2);
+			 (sband->ht_cap.ampdu_density <<
+				IEEE80211_HT_AMPDU_PARM_DENSITY_SHIFT);
 		memcpy(pos, &sband->ht_cap.mcs, sizeof(sband->ht_cap.mcs));
 		pos += sizeof(sband->ht_cap.mcs);
 		pos += 2 + 4 + 1; /* ext info, BF cap, antsel */