diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index e8d43d0ff2c3d6a306101fda08c80a8326ec37e5..098bedcde9bba5ae5f496437f1549f77443df101 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -775,7 +775,10 @@ struct ieee80211_bar {
 /**
  * struct ieee80211_mcs_info - MCS information
  * @rx_mask: RX mask
- * @rx_highest: highest supported RX rate
+ * @rx_highest: highest supported RX rate. If set represents
+ *	the highest supported RX data rate in units of 1 Mbps.
+ *	If this field is 0 this value should not be used to
+ *	consider the highest RX data rate supported.
  * @tx_params: TX parameters
  */
 struct ieee80211_mcs_info {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index c833b6ce9902653602f770ef9f89ba33f9ff93aa..0d4a759ba72c1ae0e60129dd3d095002f0da9eb9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -218,11 +218,19 @@ static ssize_t sta_ht_capa_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 		p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, "ampdu factor/density: %d/%d\n",
 				htc->ampdu_factor, htc->ampdu_density);
 		p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, "MCS mask:");
+
 		for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_HT_MCS_MASK_LEN; i++)
 			p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, " %.2x",
 					htc->mcs.rx_mask[i]);
-		p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, "\nMCS rx highest: %d\n",
-				le16_to_cpu(htc->mcs.rx_highest));
+		p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, "\n");
+
+		/* If not set this is meaningless */
+		if (le16_to_cpu(htc->mcs.rx_highest)) {
+			p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p,
+				       "MCS rx highest: %d Mbps\n",
+				       le16_to_cpu(htc->mcs.rx_highest));
+		}
+
 		p += scnprintf(p, sizeof(buf)+buf-p, "MCS tx params: %x\n",
 				htc->mcs.tx_params);
 	}