diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index b5a871eb888118386c86a568de5e7fb8915a964d..eeecedb63cd0f67d16a65e53c5edf936f974c77a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -903,8 +903,12 @@ static void rt2800pci_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 			txdesc.retry = 7;
 		}
 
-		__set_bit(TXDONE_FALLBACK, &txdesc.flags);
-
+		/*
+		 * the frame was retried at least once
+		 * -> hw used fallback rates
+		 */
+		if (txdesc.retry)
+			__set_bit(TXDONE_FALLBACK, &txdesc.flags);
 
 		rt2x00pci_txdone(entry, &txdesc);
 	}