1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index 210319f9ea2f..62877a8f9f0f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int ieee80211_hw_config(struct ieee80211_local *local)
                local->hw.conf.phymode);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG */
 
-        if (local->ops->config)
+        if (local->open_count)
                 ret = local->ops->config(local_to_hw(local), &local->hw.conf);
 
         return ret;