1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index fc5ba0e3a681..ea045151f953 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         sc->iobase = mem; /* So we can unmap it on detach */
         sc->cachelsz = csz * sizeof(u32); /* convert to bytes */
         sc->opmode = NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION;
+        sc->bintval = 1000;
         mutex_init(&sc->lock);
         spin_lock_init(&sc->rxbuflock);
         spin_lock_init(&sc->txbuflock);
@@ -2755,9 +2756,6 @@ static int ath5k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                 goto end;
         }
 
-        /* Set to a reasonable value. Note that this will
-         * be set to mac80211's value at ath5k_config(). */
-        sc->bintval = 1000;
         ath5k_hw_set_lladdr(sc->ah, conf->mac_addr);
 
         ret = 0;