diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index aff959e5a1b360e7cb467cade7f7d617544b3909..00a65ba3aeaa3061bc4d256239df7b74efd1ecf4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	int i;
 	u16 ifmodes = wiphy->interface_modes;
 
+	/* support for 5/10 MHz is broken due to nl80211 API mess - disable */
+	wiphy->flags &= ~WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_5_10_MHZ;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	if (WARN_ON(wiphy->wowlan &&
 		    (wiphy->wowlan->flags & WIPHY_WOWLAN_GTK_REKEY_FAILURE) &&