wl12xx_allocate_rate_policy(wl, &wlvif->sta.basic_rate_idx);
                wl12xx_allocate_rate_policy(wl, &wlvif->sta.ap_rate_idx);
                wl12xx_allocate_rate_policy(wl, &wlvif->sta.p2p_rate_idx);
+               wlvif->basic_rate_set = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
+               wlvif->basic_rate = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
+               wlvif->rate_set = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
        } else {
                /* init ap data */
                wlvif->ap.bcast_hlid = WL12XX_INVALID_LINK_ID;
                for (i = 0; i < CONF_TX_MAX_AC_COUNT; i++)
                        wl12xx_allocate_rate_policy(wl,
                                                &wlvif->ap.ucast_rate_idx[i]);
+               wlvif->basic_rate_set = CONF_TX_AP_ENABLED_RATES;
+               /*
+                * TODO: check if basic_rate shouldn't be
+                * wl1271_tx_min_rate_get(wl, wlvif->basic_rate_set);
+                * instead (the same thing for STA above).
+               */
+               wlvif->basic_rate = CONF_TX_AP_ENABLED_RATES;
+               /* TODO: this seems to be used only for STA, check it */
+               wlvif->rate_set = CONF_TX_AP_ENABLED_RATES;
        }
 
        wlvif->bitrate_masks[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] = wl->conf.tx.basic_rate;
        wlvif->bitrate_masks[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] = wl->conf.tx.basic_rate_5;
-       wlvif->basic_rate_set = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
-       wlvif->basic_rate = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
-       wlvif->rate_set = CONF_TX_RATE_MASK_BASIC;
        wlvif->beacon_int = WL1271_DEFAULT_BEACON_INT;
 
        /*