* time. */
 }
 
-static void set_rts_cts_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static void set_rts_cts(struct zd_mac *mac, unsigned int short_preamble)
 {
-       struct zd_mac *mac =
-               container_of(work, struct zd_mac, set_rts_cts_work);
-       unsigned long flags;
-       unsigned int short_preamble;
-
        mutex_lock(&mac->chip.mutex);
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->lock, flags);
-       mac->updating_rts_rate = 0;
-       short_preamble = mac->short_preamble;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
-
        zd_chip_set_rts_cts_rate_locked(&mac->chip, short_preamble);
        mutex_unlock(&mac->chip.mutex);
 }
                                   u32 changes)
 {
        struct zd_mac *mac = zd_hw_mac(hw);
-       unsigned long flags;
        int associated;
 
        dev_dbg_f(zd_mac_dev(mac), "changes: %x\n", changes);
        /* TODO: do hardware bssid filtering */
 
        if (changes & BSS_CHANGED_ERP_PREAMBLE) {
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->lock, flags);
+               spin_lock_irq(&mac->lock);
                mac->short_preamble = bss_conf->use_short_preamble;
-               if (!mac->updating_rts_rate) {
-                       mac->updating_rts_rate = 1;
-                       /* FIXME: should disable TX here, until work has
-                        * completed and RTS_CTS reg is updated */
-                       queue_work(zd_workqueue, &mac->set_rts_cts_work);
-               }
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&mac->lock);
+
+               set_rts_cts(mac, bss_conf->use_short_preamble);
        }
 }
 
 
        zd_chip_init(&mac->chip, hw, intf);
        housekeeping_init(mac);
-       INIT_WORK(&mac->set_rts_cts_work, set_rts_cts_work);
        INIT_WORK(&mac->process_intr, zd_process_intr);
 
        SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, &intf->dev);