struct ieee80211_rts *rts = NULL;
        bool qos;
        uint ac;
-       u32 rate_val[2];
        bool hwtkmic = false;
        u16 mimo_ctlchbw = PHY_TXC1_BW_20MHZ;
 #define ANTCFG_NONE 0xFF
        struct ieee80211_tx_rate *txrate[2];
        int k;
        struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
-       bool is_mcs[2];
+       bool is_mcs;
        u16 mimo_txbw;
        u8 mimo_preamble_type;
 
                txrate[1] = txrate[0];
 
        for (k = 0; k < hw->max_rates; k++) {
-               is_mcs[k] =
-                   txrate[k]->flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS ? true : false;
-               if (!is_mcs[k]) {
+               is_mcs = txrate[k]->flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS ? true : false;
+               if (!is_mcs) {
                        if ((txrate[k]->idx >= 0)
                            && (txrate[k]->idx <
                                hw->wiphy->bands[tx_info->band]->n_bitrates)) {
-                               rate_val[k] =
+                               rspec[k] =
                                    hw->wiphy->bands[tx_info->band]->
                                    bitrates[txrate[k]->idx].hw_value;
                                short_preamble[k] =
                                    flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_SHORT_PREAMBLE ?
                                    true : false;
                        } else {
-                               rate_val[k] = BRCM_RATE_1M;
+                               rspec[k] = BRCM_RATE_1M;
                        }
                } else {
-                       rate_val[k] = txrate[k]->idx;
+                       rspec[k] = mac80211_wlc_set_nrate(wlc, wlc->band,
+                                       NRATE_MCS_INUSE | txrate[k]->idx);
                }
 
                /*
                    txrate[k]->
                    flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT ? true : false;
 
-               if (is_mcs[k])
-                       rate_val[k] |= NRATE_MCS_INUSE;
-
-               rspec[k] = mac80211_wlc_set_nrate(wlc, wlc->band, rate_val[k]);
 
                /*
                 * (1) RATE: