diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
index eee3381048b2..30470d48aaa3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
@@ -880,16 +880,6 @@ static void rs_get_lower_rate(struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta,
 
 	rate_mask = rs_get_supported_rates(lq_sta, rate);
 
-	/* Mask with station rate restriction */
-	if (is_legacy(rate)) {
-		/* supp_rates has no CCK bits in A mode */
-		if (lq_sta->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
-			rate_mask = (u16)(rate_mask &
-			   (lq_sta->supp_rates << IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE));
-		else
-			rate_mask = (u16)(rate_mask & lq_sta->supp_rates);
-	}
-
 	/* If we switched from HT to legacy, check current rate */
 	if (switch_to_legacy && (rate_mask & (1 << scale_index))) {
 		low = scale_index;
@@ -1629,7 +1619,6 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	u16 rate_mask;
 	u8 update_lq = 0;
 	struct iwl_scale_tbl_info *tbl, *tbl1;
-	u16 rate_scale_index_msk = 0;
 	u8 active_tbl = 0;
 	u8 done_search = 0;
 	u16 high_low;
@@ -1646,8 +1635,6 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	    info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
 		return;
 
-	lq_sta->supp_rates = sta->supp_rates[lq_sta->band];
-
 	tid = rs_get_tid(lq_sta, hdr);
 	if ((tid != IWL_MAX_TID_COUNT) &&
 	    (lq_sta->tx_agg_tid_en & (1 << tid))) {
@@ -1686,24 +1673,7 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	/* rates available for this association, and for modulation mode */
 	rate_mask = rs_get_supported_rates(lq_sta, rate);
 
-	/* mask with station rate restriction */
-	if (is_legacy(rate)) {
-		if (lq_sta->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
-			/* supp_rates has no CCK bits in A mode */
-			rate_scale_index_msk = (u16) (rate_mask &
-				(lq_sta->supp_rates << IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE));
-		else
-			rate_scale_index_msk = (u16) (rate_mask &
-						      lq_sta->supp_rates);
-
-	} else {
-		rate_scale_index_msk = rate_mask;
-	}
-
-	if (!rate_scale_index_msk)
-		rate_scale_index_msk = rate_mask;
-
-	if (!((BIT(index) & rate_scale_index_msk))) {
+	if (!(BIT(index) & rate_mask)) {
 		IWL_ERR(mvm, "Current Rate is not valid\n");
 		if (lq_sta->search_better_tbl) {
 			/* revert to active table if search table is not valid*/
@@ -1816,8 +1786,7 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 
 	/* (Else) not in search of better modulation mode, try for better
 	 * starting rate, while staying in this mode. */
-	high_low = rs_get_adjacent_rate(mvm, index, rate_scale_index_msk,
-					rate->type);
+	high_low = rs_get_adjacent_rate(mvm, index, rate_mask, rate->type);
 	low = high_low & 0xff;
 	high = (high_low >> 8) & 0xff;
 
@@ -2253,7 +2222,6 @@ void iwl_mvm_rs_rate_init(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 			rs_rate_scale_clear_window(&lq_sta->lq_info[j].win[i]);
 
 	lq_sta->flush_timer = 0;
-	lq_sta->supp_rates = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_RATE(mvm,
 		       "LQ: *** rate scale station global init for station %d ***\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
index 7b26e6568a60..c31aa59728ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ struct iwl_lq_sta {
 	enum ieee80211_band band;
 
 	/* The following are bitmaps of rates; IWL_RATE_6M_MASK, etc. */
-	u32 supp_rates;
 	u16 active_legacy_rate;
 	u16 active_siso_rate;
 	u16 active_mimo2_rate;