diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
index 6fbd5559c0c0..c22d457dbc54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ u16 ath9k_hw_get_scaled_power(struct ath_hw *ah, u16 power_limit,
 	else
 		power_limit = 0;
 
-	return power_limit;
+	return min_t(u16, power_limit, MAX_RATE_POWER);
 }
 
 void ath9k_hw_update_regulatory_maxpower(struct ath_hw *ah)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_4k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_4k.c
index b8c0a08066a0..e8c2cc03be0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_4k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_4k.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_4k_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah,
 	ath9k_hw_get_channel_centers(ah, chan, &centers);
 
 	scaledPower = powerLimit - antenna_reduction;
+	scaledPower = min_t(u16, scaledPower, MAX_RATE_POWER);
 	numCtlModes = ARRAY_SIZE(ctlModesFor11g) - SUB_NUM_CTL_MODES_AT_2G_40;
 	pCtlMode = ctlModesFor11g;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index b6773d613f0c..052deffb4c9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void ath9k_hw_init_defaults(struct ath_hw *ah)
 	struct ath_regulatory *regulatory = ath9k_hw_regulatory(ah);
 
 	regulatory->country_code = CTRY_DEFAULT;
-	regulatory->power_limit = MAX_RATE_POWER;
+	regulatory->power_limit = MAX_COMBINED_POWER;
 
 	ah->hw_version.magic = AR5416_MAGIC;
 	ah->hw_version.subvendorid = 0;
@@ -2966,7 +2966,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_apply_txpower(struct ath_hw *ah, struct ath9k_channel *chan,
 		ctl = ath9k_regd_get_ctl(reg, chan);
 
 	channel = chan->chan;
-	chan_pwr = min_t(int, channel->max_power * 2, MAX_RATE_POWER);
+	chan_pwr = min_t(int, channel->max_power * 2, MAX_COMBINED_POWER);
 	new_pwr = min_t(int, chan_pwr, reg->power_limit);
 
 	ah->eep_ops->set_txpower(ah, chan, ctl,
@@ -2979,9 +2979,9 @@ void ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 limit, bool test)
 	struct ath9k_channel *chan = ah->curchan;
 	struct ieee80211_channel *channel = chan->chan;
 
-	reg->power_limit = min_t(u32, limit, MAX_RATE_POWER);
+	reg->power_limit = min_t(u32, limit, MAX_COMBINED_POWER);
 	if (test)
-		channel->max_power = MAX_RATE_POWER / 2;
+		channel->max_power = MAX_COMBINED_POWER / 2;
 
 	ath9k_hw_apply_txpower(ah, chan, test);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
index 68956cdc8c9a..2e4489700a85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
 #define ATH9K_NUM_QUEUES            10
 
 #define MAX_RATE_POWER              63
+#define MAX_COMBINED_POWER          254 /* 128 dBm, chosen to fit in u8 */
 #define AH_WAIT_TIMEOUT             100000 /* (us) */
 #define AH_TSF_WRITE_TIMEOUT        100    /* (us) */
 #define AH_TIME_QUANTUM             10
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
index 98141b699c88..043801f773b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void ath9k_init_band_txpower(struct ath_softc *sc, int band)
 		ah->curchan = &ah->channels[chan->hw_value];
 		cfg80211_chandef_create(&chandef, chan, NL80211_CHAN_HT20);
 		ath9k_cmn_get_channel(sc->hw, ah, &chandef);
-		ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit(ah, MAX_RATE_POWER, true);
+		ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit(ah, MAX_COMBINED_POWER, true);
 	}
 }