int i, n, low_index;
        int err;
 
-       /* RSSI reporting disabled? */
-       if (!cqm_config)
-               return rdev_set_cqm_rssi_range_config(rdev, dev, 0, 0);
-
        /*
         * Obtain current RSSI value if possible, if not and no RSSI threshold
         * event has been received yet, we should receive an event after a
            wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       if (n_thresholds <= 1 && rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_config) {
-               if (n_thresholds == 0 || thresholds[0] == 0) /* Disabling */
-                       return rdev_set_cqm_rssi_config(rdev, dev, 0, 0);
-
-               return rdev_set_cqm_rssi_config(rdev, dev,
-                                               thresholds[0], hysteresis);
-       }
-
-       if (!wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
-                                    NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_CQM_RSSI_LIST))
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
        if (n_thresholds == 1 && thresholds[0] == 0) /* Disabling */
                n_thresholds = 0;
 
        old = wiphy_dereference(wdev->wiphy, wdev->cqm_config);
 
+       /* if already disabled just succeed */
+       if (!n_thresholds && !old)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (n_thresholds > 1) {
+               if (!wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
+                                            NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_CQM_RSSI_LIST) ||
+                   !rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_range_config)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       } else {
+               if (!rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_config)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
+
        if (n_thresholds) {
                cqm_config = kzalloc(struct_size(cqm_config, rssi_thresholds,
                                                 n_thresholds),
                memcpy(cqm_config->rssi_thresholds, thresholds,
                       flex_array_size(cqm_config, rssi_thresholds,
                                       n_thresholds));
+               cqm_config->use_range_api = n_thresholds > 1 ||
+                                           !rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_config;
 
                rcu_assign_pointer(wdev->cqm_config, cqm_config);
+
+               if (cqm_config->use_range_api)
+                       err = cfg80211_cqm_rssi_update(rdev, dev, cqm_config);
+               else
+                       err = rdev_set_cqm_rssi_config(rdev, dev,
+                                                      thresholds[0],
+                                                      hysteresis);
        } else {
                RCU_INIT_POINTER(wdev->cqm_config, NULL);
+               /* if enabled as range also disable via range */
+               if (old->use_range_api)
+                       err = rdev_set_cqm_rssi_range_config(rdev, dev, 0, 0);
+               else
+                       err = rdev_set_cqm_rssi_config(rdev, dev, 0, 0);
        }
 
-       err = cfg80211_cqm_rssi_update(rdev, dev, cqm_config);
        if (err) {
                rcu_assign_pointer(wdev->cqm_config, old);
                kfree_rcu(cqm_config, rcu_head);
        s32 rssi_level;
 
        cqm_config = wiphy_dereference(wdev->wiphy, wdev->cqm_config);
-       if (!wdev->cqm_config)
+       if (!cqm_config)
                return;
 
-       cfg80211_cqm_rssi_update(rdev, wdev->netdev, cqm_config);
+       if (cqm_config->use_range_api)
+               cfg80211_cqm_rssi_update(rdev, wdev->netdev, cqm_config);
 
        rssi_level = cqm_config->last_rssi_event_value;
        rssi_event = cqm_config->last_rssi_event_type;