diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
index 5bba968da25b4c16fe3d8c46f92a521ba916bf93..b00f5fd31abfcaa7e0bbb72f193a44ce4e08a5e6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
@@ -660,8 +660,11 @@ inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_authentication_req(struct ieee80211_network *be
 	auth = (struct ieee80211_authentication *)
 		skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ieee80211_authentication));
 
-	auth->header.frame_ctl = IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH;
-	if (challengelen) auth->header.frame_ctl |= IEEE80211_FCTL_WEP;
+	if (challengelen)
+		auth->header.frame_ctl = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH
+				| IEEE80211_FCTL_WEP);
+	else
+		auth->header.frame_ctl = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH);
 
 	auth->header.duration_id = 0x013a; //FIXME