diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
index 45ae38e32621805edb24168963a6ee915754148c..cb25aa7e90db19d54df9b556d677c3a460093d77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
@@ -1637,9 +1637,9 @@ int mwifiex_ret_get_hw_spec(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		if (adapter->region_code == region_code_index[i])
 			break;
 
-	/* If it's unidentified region code, use the default (USA) */
+	/* If it's unidentified region code, use the default (world) */
 	if (i >= MWIFIEX_MAX_REGION_CODE) {
-		adapter->region_code = 0x10;
+		adapter->region_code = 0x00;
 		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, WARN,
 			    "cmd: unknown region code, use default (USA)\n");
 	}