--- /dev/null
+diff --exclude '*~' -uNr madwifi-dfs-r3053.orig/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.c madwifi-dfs-r3053/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.c
+--- madwifi-dfs-r3053.orig/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.c 2007-12-21 13:34:23.000000000 +0000
++++ madwifi-dfs-r3053/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.c 2007-12-21 14:29:07.000000000 +0000
+@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@
+ const struct ath_desc *ds = &bf->bf_desc[0];
+ int final_rate = 0;
+ int tries = 0;
+- int ndx = -1;
+ int mrr;
+ int final_ndx;
+ int rate0, tries0, ndx0;
+@@ -488,8 +487,8 @@
+ mrr = sc->sc_mrretry && !(ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_USEPROT) && ENABLE_MRR;
+
+ if (!mrr) {
+- if ((0 <= ndx) && (ndx < sn->num_rates)) {
+- sn->rs_rateattempts[ndx]++; /* only one rate was used */
++ if ((0 <= final_ndx) && (final_ndx < sn->num_rates)) {
++ sn->rs_rateattempts[final_ndx]++; /* only one rate was used */
+ }
+ return;
+ }