diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 0e7e8d533d984bf17c9993a91ab87a3773fd8b19..4a719770eaaf432c841e25799df3de48600e178e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -5502,6 +5502,7 @@ static int nl80211_join_ibss(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (ibss.chandef.width != NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT &&
 	    !(rdev->wiphy.features & NL80211_FEATURE_HT_IBSS))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ibss.channel_fixed = !!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_FIXED];
 	ibss.privacy = !!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PRIVACY];