struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                     const u8 *wmm_param, size_t wmm_param_len)
 {
-       struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params params;
+       struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params params[IEEE80211_NUM_ACS];
        struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
        size_t left;
-       int count;
+       int count, ac;
        const u8 *pos;
        u8 uapsd_queues = 0;
 
                int aci = (pos[0] >> 5) & 0x03;
                int acm = (pos[0] >> 4) & 0x01;
                bool uapsd = false;
-               int queue;
 
                switch (aci) {
                case 1: /* AC_BK */
-                       queue = 3;
+                       ac = IEEE80211_AC_BK;
                        if (acm)
                                sdata->wmm_acm |= BIT(1) | BIT(2); /* BK/- */
                        if (uapsd_queues & IEEE80211_WMM_IE_STA_QOSINFO_AC_BK)
                                uapsd = true;
                        break;
                case 2: /* AC_VI */
-                       queue = 1;
+                       ac = IEEE80211_AC_VI;
                        if (acm)
                                sdata->wmm_acm |= BIT(4) | BIT(5); /* CL/VI */
                        if (uapsd_queues & IEEE80211_WMM_IE_STA_QOSINFO_AC_VI)
                                uapsd = true;
                        break;
                case 3: /* AC_VO */
-                       queue = 0;
+                       ac = IEEE80211_AC_VO;
                        if (acm)
                                sdata->wmm_acm |= BIT(6) | BIT(7); /* VO/NC */
                        if (uapsd_queues & IEEE80211_WMM_IE_STA_QOSINFO_AC_VO)
                        break;
                case 0: /* AC_BE */
                default:
-                       queue = 2;
+                       ac = IEEE80211_AC_BE;
                        if (acm)
                                sdata->wmm_acm |= BIT(0) | BIT(3); /* BE/EE */
                        if (uapsd_queues & IEEE80211_WMM_IE_STA_QOSINFO_AC_BE)
                        break;
                }
 
-               params.aifs = pos[0] & 0x0f;
+               params[ac].aifs = pos[0] & 0x0f;
 
-               if (params.aifs < 2) {
+               if (params[ac].aifs < 2) {
                        sdata_info(sdata,
                                   "AP has invalid WMM params (AIFSN=%d for ACI %d), will use 2\n",
-                                  params.aifs, aci);
-                       params.aifs = 2;
+                                  params[ac].aifs, aci);
+                       params[ac].aifs = 2;
                }
-               params.cw_max = ecw2cw((pos[1] & 0xf0) >> 4);
-               params.cw_min = ecw2cw(pos[1] & 0x0f);
-               params.txop = get_unaligned_le16(pos + 2);
-               params.acm = acm;
-               params.uapsd = uapsd;
+               params[ac].cw_max = ecw2cw((pos[1] & 0xf0) >> 4);
+               params[ac].cw_min = ecw2cw(pos[1] & 0x0f);
+               params[ac].txop = get_unaligned_le16(pos + 2);
+               params[ac].acm = acm;
+               params[ac].uapsd = uapsd;
 
+               if (params[ac].cw_min > params[ac].cw_max) {
+                       sdata_info(sdata,
+                                  "AP has invalid WMM params (CWmin/max=%d/%d for ACI %d), using defaults\n",
+                                  params[ac].cw_min, params[ac].cw_max, aci);
+                       return false;
+               }
+       }
+
+       for (ac = 0; ac < IEEE80211_NUM_ACS; ac++) {
                mlme_dbg(sdata,
-                        "WMM queue=%d aci=%d acm=%d aifs=%d cWmin=%d cWmax=%d txop=%d uapsd=%d, downgraded=%d\n",
-                        queue, aci, acm,
-                        params.aifs, params.cw_min, params.cw_max,
-                        params.txop, params.uapsd,
-                        ifmgd->tx_tspec[queue].downgraded);
-               sdata->tx_conf[queue] = params;
-               if (!ifmgd->tx_tspec[queue].downgraded &&
-                   drv_conf_tx(local, sdata, queue, ¶ms))
+                        "WMM AC=%d acm=%d aifs=%d cWmin=%d cWmax=%d txop=%d uapsd=%d, downgraded=%d\n",
+                        ac, params[ac].acm,
+                        params[ac].aifs, params[ac].cw_min, params[ac].cw_max,
+                        params[ac].txop, params[ac].uapsd,
+                        ifmgd->tx_tspec[ac].downgraded);
+               sdata->tx_conf[ac] = params[ac];
+               if (!ifmgd->tx_tspec[ac].downgraded &&
+                   drv_conf_tx(local, sdata, ac, ¶ms[ac]))
                        sdata_err(sdata,
-                                 "failed to set TX queue parameters for queue %d\n",
-                                 queue);
+                                 "failed to set TX queue parameters for AC %d\n",
+                                 ac);
        }
 
        /* enable WMM or activate new settings */
         */
        ifmgd->wmm_last_param_set = -1;
 
-       if (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_WMM) && elems.wmm_param)
-               ieee80211_sta_wmm_params(local, sdata, elems.wmm_param,
-                                        elems.wmm_param_len);
-       else
+       if (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_WMM) {
                ieee80211_set_wmm_default(sdata, false, false);
+       } else if (!ieee80211_sta_wmm_params(local, sdata, elems.wmm_param,
+                                            elems.wmm_param_len)) {
+               /* still enable QoS since we might have HT/VHT */
+               ieee80211_set_wmm_default(sdata, false, true);
+               /* set the disable-WMM flag in this case to disable
+                * tracking WMM parameter changes in the beacon if
+                * the parameters weren't actually valid. Doing so
+                * avoids changing parameters very strangely when
+                * the AP is going back and forth between valid and
+                * invalid parameters.
+                */
+               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_WMM;
+       }
        changed |= BSS_CHANGED_QOS;
 
        /* set AID and assoc capability,
        return err;
 }
 
-static bool ieee80211_usable_wmm_params(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
-                                       const u8 *wmm_param, int len)
-{
-       const u8 *pos;
-       size_t left;
-
-       if (len < 8)
-               return false;
-
-       if (wmm_param[5] != 1 /* version */)
-               return false;
-
-       pos = wmm_param + 8;
-       left = len - 8;
-
-       for (; left >= 4; left -= 4, pos += 4) {
-               u8 ecwmin = pos[1] & 0x0f;
-               u8 ecwmax = (pos[1] & 0xf0) >> 4;
-               int aci = (pos[0] >> 5) & 0x03;
-
-               if (ecwmin > ecwmax) {
-                       sdata_info(sdata,
-                                  "AP has invalid WMM params (ECWmin/max=%d/%d for ACI %d), disabling WMM\n",
-                                  ecwmin, ecwmax, aci);
-                       return false;
-               }
-       }
-
-       return true;
-}
-
 int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                        struct cfg80211_assoc_request *req)
 {
 
        assoc_data->wmm = bss->wmm_used &&
                          (local->hw.queues >= IEEE80211_NUM_ACS);
-       if (assoc_data->wmm) {
-               /* try to check validity of WMM params IE */
-               const struct cfg80211_bss_ies *ies;
-               const u8 *wp, *start, *end;
-
-               rcu_read_lock();
-               ies = rcu_dereference(req->bss->ies);
-               start = ies->data;
-               end = start + ies->len;
-
-               while (true) {
-                       wp = cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(
-                               WLAN_OUI_MICROSOFT,
-                               WLAN_OUI_TYPE_MICROSOFT_WMM,
-                               start, end - start);
-                       if (!wp)
-                               break;
-                       start = wp + wp[1] + 2;
-                       /* if this IE is too short, try the next */
-                       if (wp[1] <= 4)
-                               continue;
-                       /* if this IE is WMM params, we found what we wanted */
-                       if (wp[6] == 1)
-                               break;
-               }
-
-               if (!wp || !ieee80211_usable_wmm_params(sdata, wp + 2,
-                                                       wp[1] - 2)) {
-                       assoc_data->wmm = false;
-                       ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_WMM;
-               }
-               rcu_read_unlock();
-       }
 
        /*
         * IEEE802.11n does not allow TKIP/WEP as pairwise ciphers in HT mode.