diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
index bd9e634879e69d4b2b33d741f7c4a8c51801ba9f..e387f0b2954a0cf5500610b330f744a5b68cd69c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -537,8 +537,6 @@ static void ath9k_cache_beacon_config(struct ath_softc *sc,
 	cur_conf->dtim_period = bss_conf->dtim_period;
 	cur_conf->dtim_count = 1;
 	cur_conf->ibss_creator = bss_conf->ibss_creator;
-	cur_conf->bmiss_timeout =
-		ATH_DEFAULT_BMISS_LIMIT * cur_conf->beacon_interval;
 
 	/*
 	 * It looks like mac80211 may end up using beacon interval of zero in
@@ -549,6 +547,9 @@ static void ath9k_cache_beacon_config(struct ath_softc *sc,
 	if (cur_conf->beacon_interval == 0)
 		cur_conf->beacon_interval = 100;
 
+	cur_conf->bmiss_timeout =
+		ATH_DEFAULT_BMISS_LIMIT * cur_conf->beacon_interval;
+
 	/*
 	 * We don't parse dtim period from mac80211 during the driver
 	 * initialization as it breaks association with hidden-ssid
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index a01efd3e741e45713b5c1f5bb8264a955218ac21..a1fac6bdbb045989072bbdcc7a8b5f1322bccc63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@ static void ath_rx_ps_beacon(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		sc->ps_flags &= ~PS_BEACON_SYNC;
 		ath_dbg(common, PS,
 			"Reconfigure beacon timers based on synchronized timestamp\n");
-		ath9k_set_beacon(sc);
-
+		if (!(WARN_ON_ONCE(sc->cur_beacon_conf.beacon_interval == 0)))
+			ath9k_set_beacon(sc);
 		if (sc->p2p_ps_vif)
 			ath9k_update_p2p_ps(sc, sc->p2p_ps_vif->vif);
 	}