diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index 2f64034606b0..de2727774477 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -2496,13 +2496,14 @@ static void rt2800_config_channel_rf3053(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 
 static void rt2800_adjust_freq_offset(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 {
+	u8 freq_offset;
 	u8 rfcsr;
 
+	freq_offset = rt2x00_get_field8(rt2x00dev->freq_offset, RFCSR17_CODE);
+	freq_offset = min_t(u8, freq_offset, FREQ_OFFSET_BOUND);
+
 	rt2800_rfcsr_read(rt2x00dev, 17, &rfcsr);
-	if (rt2x00dev->freq_offset > FREQ_OFFSET_BOUND)
-		rt2x00_set_field8(&rfcsr, RFCSR17_CODE, FREQ_OFFSET_BOUND);
-	else
-		rt2x00_set_field8(&rfcsr, RFCSR17_CODE, rt2x00dev->freq_offset);
+	rt2x00_set_field8(&rfcsr, RFCSR17_CODE, freq_offset);
 	rt2800_rfcsr_write(rt2x00dev, 17, rfcsr);
 }