1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index f23bcd07dee8..bd65c485098c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -3062,12 +3062,20 @@ static void authenticate(struct atmel_private *priv, u16 frame_len)
         }
 
         if (status == WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG) {
-                /* Do opensystem first, then try sharedkey */
+                /* Flip back and forth between WEP auth modes until the max
+                 * authentication tries has been exceeded.
+                 */
                 if (system == WLAN_AUTH_OPEN) {
                         priv->CurrentAuthentTransactionSeqNum = 0x001;
                         priv->exclude_unencrypted = 1;
                         send_authentication_request(priv, WLAN_AUTH_SHARED_KEY, NULL, 0);
                         return;
+                } else if (   system == WLAN_AUTH_SHARED_KEY
+                           && priv->wep_is_on) {
+                        priv->CurrentAuthentTransactionSeqNum = 0x001;
+                        priv->exclude_unencrypted = 0;
+                        send_authentication_request(priv, WLAN_AUTH_OPEN, NULL, 0);
+                        return;
                 } else if (priv->connect_to_any_BSS) {
                         int bss_index;