diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
index f3e0ce1ee037937a0c950e3b0c59b58b00b4d4bc..8b37e824dfcbffd18fcf64bcd3c3fc625bd1446b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
@@ -3358,10 +3358,6 @@ static int prism2_ioctl_siwencodeext(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (ext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_SET_TX_KEY) {
 		if (!sta_ptr)
 			local->tx_keyidx = i;
-		else if (i) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto done;
-		}
 	}