1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 7e6b500dfb6f..4a997381a8d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ static int wl1271_op_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
                 if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE &&
                     test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_JOINED, &wl->flags))
                         wl1271_unjoin_channel(wl);
-                else
+                else if (!(conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE))
                         wl1271_join_channel(wl, channel);
 
                 if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE) {