--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
+@@ -632,12 +632,8 @@
+ } else if (bss_conf->enable_beacon && !intf->enable_beacon) {
+ rt2x00dev->intf_beaconing++;
+ intf->enable_beacon = true;
+- /*
+- * Upload beacon to the H/W. This is only required on
+- * USB devices. PCI devices fetch beacons periodically.
+- */
+- if (rt2x00_is_usb(rt2x00dev))
+- rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
++
++ rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
+
+ if (rt2x00dev->intf_beaconing == 1) {
+ /*
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@
+
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(DELAYED_UPDATE_BEACON, &intf->delayed_flags)) {
+ mutex_lock(&intf->beacon_skb_mutex);
+- rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
++ if (intf->enable_beacon)
++ rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
+ mutex_unlock(&intf->beacon_skb_mutex);
+ }
+ }
+@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+ {
+ struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = data;
++ struct rt2x00_intf *intf = vif_to_intf(vif);
+
+ if (vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+ vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC &&
+@@ -220,7 +222,8 @@
+ * never be called for USB devices.
+ */
+ WARN_ON(rt2x00_is_usb(rt2x00dev));
+- rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
++ if (intf->enable_beacon)
++ rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
+ }
+
+ void rt2x00lib_beacondone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)