diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965.c
index e1b89220c186f4152c5a3a8d32f178e1d7b72353..facc94e74b07991fa723b7144177beb4cc4bba93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965.c
@@ -1218,10 +1218,10 @@ static int iwl4965_commit_rxon(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_rxon_context *c
 	 * receive commit_rxon request
 	 * abort any previous channel switch if still in process
 	 */
-	if (priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress &&
-	    (priv->switch_rxon.channel != ctx->staging.channel)) {
+	if (test_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING, &priv->status) &&
+	    (priv->switch_channel != ctx->staging.channel)) {
 		IWL_DEBUG_11H(priv, "abort channel switch on %d\n",
-		      le16_to_cpu(priv->switch_rxon.channel));
+		      le16_to_cpu(priv->switch_channel));
 		iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(priv, false);
 	}
 
@@ -1404,9 +1404,6 @@ static int iwl4965_hw_channel_switch(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	priv->switch_rxon.channel = cmd.channel;
-	priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress = true;
-
 	return iwl_legacy_send_cmd_pdu(priv,
 			 REPLY_CHANNEL_SWITCH, sizeof(cmd), &cmd);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.c
index 42df8321dae807ffc616e3d48f19ce4e45323584..3be76bd5499a960f5e7685953a18074c44504525 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.c
@@ -859,12 +859,8 @@ void iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(struct iwl_priv *priv, bool is_success)
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status))
 		return;
 
-	if (priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress) {
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING, &priv->status))
 		ieee80211_chswitch_done(ctx->vif, is_success);
-		mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
-		priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress = false;
-		mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_legacy_chswitch_done);
 
@@ -876,19 +872,19 @@ void iwl_legacy_rx_csa(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *rxb)
 	struct iwl_rxon_context *ctx = &priv->contexts[IWL_RXON_CTX_BSS];
 	struct iwl_legacy_rxon_cmd *rxon = (void *)&ctx->active;
 
-	if (priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress) {
-		if (!le32_to_cpu(csa->status) &&
-		    (csa->channel == priv->switch_rxon.channel)) {
-			rxon->channel = csa->channel;
-			ctx->staging.channel = csa->channel;
-			IWL_DEBUG_11H(priv, "CSA notif: channel %d\n",
-			      le16_to_cpu(csa->channel));
-			iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(priv, true);
-		} else {
-			IWL_ERR(priv, "CSA notif (fail) : channel %d\n",
+	if (!test_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING, &priv->status))
+		return;
+
+	if (!le32_to_cpu(csa->status) && csa->channel == priv->switch_channel) {
+		rxon->channel = csa->channel;
+		ctx->staging.channel = csa->channel;
+		IWL_DEBUG_11H(priv, "CSA notif: channel %d\n",
 			      le16_to_cpu(csa->channel));
-			iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(priv, false);
-		}
+		iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(priv, true);
+	} else {
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "CSA notif (fail) : channel %d\n",
+			le16_to_cpu(csa->channel));
+		iwl_legacy_chswitch_done(priv, false);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_legacy_rx_csa);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.h
index bc66c604106cb990e79b73a337395523c1d60973..c5fbda0760dea06c28f9a6c5411c87428defad07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-core.h
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void iwl_legacy_free_geos(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 #define STATUS_SCAN_HW		15
 #define STATUS_POWER_PMI	16
 #define STATUS_FW_ERROR		17
-
+#define STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING 18
 
 static inline int iwl_legacy_is_ready(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-dev.h
index be0106c6a2daad00486a6e6fac360172c5943e8c..ea30122669ee718906991ec53de2b9a50a1fb21d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-dev.h
@@ -854,17 +854,6 @@ struct traffic_stats {
 #endif
 };
 
-/*
- * iwl_switch_rxon: "channel switch" structure
- *
- * @ switch_in_progress: channel switch in progress
- * @ channel: new channel
- */
-struct iwl_switch_rxon {
-	bool switch_in_progress;
-	__le16 channel;
-};
-
 /*
  * schedule the timer to wake up every UCODE_TRACE_PERIOD milliseconds
  * to perform continuous uCode event logging operation if enabled
@@ -1115,7 +1104,7 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 
 	struct iwl_rxon_context contexts[NUM_IWL_RXON_CTX];
 
-	struct iwl_switch_rxon switch_rxon;
+	__le16 switch_channel;
 
 	/* 1st responses from initialize and runtime uCode images.
 	 * _4965's initialize alive response contains some calibration data. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965-base.c
index af2ae22fcfd32c22ab0b28f1bddcc64b7f873c46..7157ba52968033642953a3af849d4cd706b1694c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -2861,16 +2861,13 @@ void iwl4965_mac_channel_switch(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status) ||
-	    test_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status))
+	    test_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status) ||
+	    test_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING, &priv->status))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!iwl_legacy_is_associated_ctx(ctx))
 		goto out;
 
-	/* channel switch in progress */
-	if (priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress == true)
-		goto out;
-
 	if (priv->cfg->ops->lib->set_channel_switch) {
 
 		ch = channel->hw_value;
@@ -2919,15 +2916,18 @@ void iwl4965_mac_channel_switch(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			 * at this point, staging_rxon has the
 			 * configuration for channel switch
 			 */
-			if (priv->cfg->ops->lib->set_channel_switch(priv,
-								    ch_switch))
-				priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress = false;
+			set_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING, &priv->status);
+			priv->switch_channel = cpu_to_le16(ch);
+			if (priv->cfg->ops->lib->set_channel_switch(priv, ch_switch)) {
+				clear_bit(STATUS_CHANNEL_SWITCH_PENDING,
+					  &priv->status);
+				priv->switch_channel = 0;
+				ieee80211_chswitch_done(ctx->vif, false);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
-	if (!priv->switch_rxon.switch_in_progress)
-		ieee80211_chswitch_done(ctx->vif, false);
 	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "leave\n");
 }