diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index ca97b80b2651..2f92ae2f9706 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ static void ieee80211_chswitch_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		/* call "hw_config" only if doing sw channel switch */
 		ieee80211_hw_config(sdata->local,
 			IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL);
+	} else {
+		/* update the device channel directly */
+		sdata->local->hw.conf.channel = sdata->local->oper_channel;
 	}
 
 	/* XXX: shouldn't really modify cfg80211-owned data! */