void mt7996_mac_sta_rc_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct mt7996_dev *dev = container_of(work, struct mt7996_dev, rc_work);
-       struct ieee80211_bss_conf *link_conf;
-       struct ieee80211_link_sta *link_sta;
        struct mt7996_sta_link *msta_link;
-       struct mt76_vif_link *mlink;
-       struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
        struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
-       struct mt7996_sta *msta;
        struct mt7996_vif *mvif;
        LIST_HEAD(list);
        u32 changed;
-       u8 link_id;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        spin_lock_bh(&dev->mt76.sta_poll_lock);
        list_splice_init(&dev->sta_rc_list, &list);
 
 
                changed = msta_link->changed;
                msta_link->changed = 0;
-
-               sta = wcid_to_sta(&msta_link->wcid);
-               link_id = msta_link->wcid.link_id;
-               msta = msta_link->sta;
-               mvif = msta->vif;
-               vif = container_of((void *)mvif, struct ieee80211_vif, drv_priv);
-
-               mlink = rcu_dereference(mvif->mt76.link[link_id]);
-               if (!mlink)
-                       continue;
-
-               link_sta = rcu_dereference(sta->link[link_id]);
-               if (!link_sta)
-                       continue;
-
-               link_conf = rcu_dereference(vif->link_conf[link_id]);
-               if (!link_conf)
-                       continue;
+               mvif = msta_link->sta->vif;
+               vif = container_of((void *)mvif, struct ieee80211_vif,
+                                  drv_priv);
 
                spin_unlock_bh(&dev->mt76.sta_poll_lock);
 
                               IEEE80211_RC_NSS_CHANGED |
                               IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED))
                        mt7996_mcu_add_rate_ctrl(dev, msta_link->sta, vif,
-                                                link_id, true);
+                                                msta_link->wcid.link_id,
+                                                true);
 
                if (changed & IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED)
-                       mt7996_mcu_set_fixed_field(dev, msta, NULL, link_id,
+                       mt7996_mcu_set_fixed_field(dev, msta_link->sta, NULL,
+                                                  msta_link->wcid.link_id,
                                                   RATE_PARAM_MMPS_UPDATE);
 
                spin_lock_bh(&dev->mt76.sta_poll_lock);
        }
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&dev->mt76.sta_poll_lock);
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void mt7996_mac_work(struct work_struct *work)