diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_ieee80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_ieee80211.c
index 66905f7b61ffb0833c4eda03ca63bdfdc3149e58..1b215a099745deb4b9e1b4471b5b4c34d053f18a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_ieee80211.c
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ int zd_find_channel(u8 *channel, const struct iw_freq *freq)
 	int i, r;
 	u32 mhz;
 
-	if (!(freq->flags & IW_FREQ_FIXED))
-		return 0;
-
 	if (freq->m < 1000) {
 		if (freq->m  > NUM_CHANNELS || freq->m == 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
index e5fedf968c19475e2a20750c7a38d719ed056078..7845b6dac832d6476d459d3560d745d94edf6ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
@@ -317,21 +317,12 @@ int zd_mac_request_channel(struct zd_mac *mac, u8 channel)
 		return 0;
 }
 
-int zd_mac_get_channel(struct zd_mac *mac, u8 *channel, u8 *flags)
+u8 zd_mac_get_channel(struct zd_mac *mac)
 {
-	struct ieee80211_device *ieee = zd_mac_to_ieee80211(mac);
+	u8 channel = zd_chip_get_channel(&mac->chip);
 
-	*channel = zd_chip_get_channel(&mac->chip);
-	if (ieee->iw_mode != IW_MODE_INFRA) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&mac->lock);
-		*flags = *channel == mac->requested_channel ?
-			MAC_FIXED_CHANNEL : 0;
-		spin_unlock(&mac->lock);
-	} else {
-		*flags = 0;
-	}
-	dev_dbg_f(zd_mac_dev(mac), "channel %u flags %u\n", *channel, *flags);
-	return 0;
+	dev_dbg_f(zd_mac_dev(mac), "channel %u\n", channel);
+	return channel;
 }
 
 /* If wrong rate is given, we are falling back to the slowest rate: 1MBit/s */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.h
index e4dd40a6fec3ad4d801fcc0944c45353c8e8a837..3feb292651df1a296c939829e2613cc23152950e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.h
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ struct rx_status {
 #define ZD_RX_CRC16_ERROR		0x40
 #define ZD_RX_ERROR			0x80
 
-enum mac_flags {
-	MAC_FIXED_CHANNEL = 0x01,
-};
-
 struct housekeeping {
 	struct work_struct link_led_work;
 };
@@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ int zd_mac_set_regdomain(struct zd_mac *zd_mac, u8 regdomain);
 u8 zd_mac_get_regdomain(struct zd_mac *zd_mac);
 
 int zd_mac_request_channel(struct zd_mac *mac, u8 channel);
-int zd_mac_get_channel(struct zd_mac *mac, u8 *channel, u8 *flags);
+u8 zd_mac_get_channel(struct zd_mac *mac);
 
 int zd_mac_set_mode(struct zd_mac *mac, u32 mode);
 int zd_mac_get_mode(struct zd_mac *mac, u32 *mode);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_netdev.c
index af3a7b36d078c03e96dadbbe08ee6e744ff6d6b1..60f1b0f6d45b81d50c4fab4cb3a5ec6d9913c6fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_netdev.c
@@ -107,21 +107,10 @@ static int iw_get_freq(struct net_device *netdev,
 	           struct iw_request_info *info,
 		   union iwreq_data *req, char *extra)
 {
-	int r;
 	struct zd_mac *mac = zd_netdev_mac(netdev);
 	struct iw_freq *freq = &req->freq;
-	u8 channel;
-	u8 flags;
-
-	r = zd_mac_get_channel(mac, &channel, &flags);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
 
-	freq->flags = (flags & MAC_FIXED_CHANNEL) ?
-		      IW_FREQ_FIXED : IW_FREQ_AUTO;
-	dev_dbg_f(zd_mac_dev(mac), "channel %s\n",
-		  (flags & MAC_FIXED_CHANNEL) ? "fixed" : "auto");
-	return zd_channel_to_freq(freq, channel);
+	return zd_channel_to_freq(freq, zd_mac_get_channel(mac));
 }
 
 static int iw_set_mode(struct net_device *netdev,