1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index f1f6dabd8fbd..43781dc9adfd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,10 @@ int iwl_init_drv(struct iwl_priv *priv)
         priv->qos_data.qos_cap.val = 0;
 
         priv->rates_mask = IWL_RATES_MASK;
-        priv->tx_power_user_lmt = IWL_TX_POWER_TARGET_POWER_MAX;
+        /* Set the tx_power_user_lmt to the lowest power level
+         * this value will get overwritten by channel max power avg
+         * from eeprom */
+        priv->tx_power_user_lmt = IWL_TX_POWER_TARGET_POWER_MIN;
 
         ret = iwl_init_channel_map(priv);
         if (ret) {