iwl_conf->is_green_field = !!(ht_conf->cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_GRN_FLD);
 
-       iwl_conf->supported_chan_width =
-               !!(ht_conf->cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40);
-
-       /*
-        * XXX: The HT configuration needs to be moved into iwl_mac_config()
-        *      to be done there correctly.
-        */
-
-       iwl_conf->extension_chan_offset = IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_NONE;
-       if (conf_is_ht40_minus(&priv->hw->conf))
-               iwl_conf->extension_chan_offset = IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW;
-       else if (conf_is_ht40_plus(&priv->hw->conf))
-               iwl_conf->extension_chan_offset = IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE;
-
-       /* If no above or below channel supplied disable HT40 channel */
-       if (iwl_conf->extension_chan_offset != IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE &&
-           iwl_conf->extension_chan_offset != IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW)
-               iwl_conf->supported_chan_width = 0;
-
        iwl_conf->sm_ps = (u8)((ht_conf->cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SM_PS) >> 2);
 
        memcpy(&iwl_conf->mcs, &ht_conf->mcs, 16);
        struct iwl_priv *priv = hw->priv;
        const struct iwl_channel_info *ch_info;
        struct ieee80211_conf *conf = &hw->conf;
+       struct iwl_ht_info *ht_conf = &priv->current_ht_config;
        unsigned long flags = 0;
        int ret = 0;
        u16 ch;
                        goto set_ch_out;
                }
 
-               priv->current_ht_config.is_ht = conf_is_ht(conf);
-
                spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 
+               /* Configure HT40 channels */
+               ht_conf->is_ht = conf_is_ht(conf);
+               if (ht_conf->is_ht) {
+                       if (conf_is_ht40_minus(conf)) {
+                               ht_conf->extension_chan_offset =
+                                       IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW;
+                               ht_conf->supported_chan_width =
+                                       IWL_CHANNEL_WIDTH_40MHZ;
+                       } else if (conf_is_ht40_plus(conf)) {
+                               ht_conf->extension_chan_offset =
+                                       IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE;
+                               ht_conf->supported_chan_width =
+                                       IWL_CHANNEL_WIDTH_40MHZ;
+                       } else {
+                               ht_conf->extension_chan_offset =
+                                       IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_NONE;
+                               ht_conf->supported_chan_width =
+                                       IWL_CHANNEL_WIDTH_20MHZ;
+                       }
+               } else
+                       ht_conf->supported_chan_width = IWL_CHANNEL_WIDTH_20MHZ;
+               /* Default to no protection. Protection mode will later be set
+                * from BSS config in iwl_ht_conf */
+               ht_conf->ht_protection = IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_NONE;
 
                /* if we are switching from ht to 2.4 clear flags
                 * from any ht related info since 2.4 does not