ieee80211_wake_queues(priv->hw);
 
-       priv->active_rate = priv->rates_mask;
-       priv->active_rate_basic = priv->rates_mask & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
+       priv->active_rate = IWL_RATES_MASK;
+       priv->active_rate_basic = IWL_RATES_MASK & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
 
        /* Configure Tx antenna selection based on H/W config */
        if (priv->cfg->ops->hcmd->set_tx_ant)
        priv->qos_data.qos_active = 0;
        priv->qos_data.qos_cap.val = 0;
 
-       priv->rates_mask = IWL_RATES_MASK;
        /* Set the tx_power_user_lmt to the lowest power level
         * this value will get overwritten by channel max power avg
         * from eeprom */
 
 
        ieee80211_wake_queues(priv->hw);
 
-       priv->active_rate = priv->rates_mask;
-       priv->active_rate_basic = priv->rates_mask & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
+       priv->active_rate = IWL_RATES_MASK;
+       priv->active_rate_basic = IWL_RATES_MASK & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
 
        iwl_power_update_mode(priv, true);
 
        priv->qos_data.qos_active = 0;
        priv->qos_data.qos_cap.val = 0;
 
-       priv->rates_mask = IWL_RATES_MASK;
        priv->tx_power_user_lmt = IWL_DEFAULT_TX_POWER;
 
        if (eeprom->version < EEPROM_3945_EEPROM_VERSION) {