struct channel_info *info)
 {
        u8 rfcsr;
-       u16 eeprom;
 
        rt2800_rfcsr_write(rt2x00dev, 8, rf->rf1);
        rt2800_rfcsr_write(rt2x00dev, 9, rf->rf3);
                rt2x00_set_field8(&rfcsr, RFCSR17_CODE, rt2x00dev->freq_offset);
        rt2800_rfcsr_write(rt2x00dev, 17, rfcsr);
 
-       rt2x00_eeprom_read(rt2x00dev, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1, &eeprom);
        if (rf->channel <= 14) {
                int idx = rf->channel-1;
 
-               if (rt2x00_get_field16(eeprom, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1_BT_COEXIST)) {
+               if (test_bit(CAPABILITY_BT_COEXIST, &rt2x00dev->cap_flags)) {
                        if (rt2x00_rt_rev_gte(rt2x00dev, RT5390, REV_RT5390F)) {
                                /* r55/r59 value array of channel 1~14 */
                                static const char r55_bt_rev[] = {0x83, 0x83,
                ant = (div_mode == 3) ? 1 : 0;
 
                /* check if this is a Bluetooth combo card */
-               rt2x00_eeprom_read(rt2x00dev, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1, &eeprom);
-               if (rt2x00_get_field16(eeprom, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1_BT_COEXIST)) {
+               if (test_bit(CAPABILITY_BT_COEXIST, &rt2x00dev->cap_flags)) {
                        u32 reg;
 
                        rt2800_register_read(rt2x00dev, GPIO_CTRL_CFG, ®);
        if (rt2x00_get_field16(eeprom, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1_HW_RADIO))
                __set_bit(CAPABILITY_HW_BUTTON, &rt2x00dev->cap_flags);
 
+       /*
+        * Detect if this device has Bluetooth co-existence.
+        */
+       if (rt2x00_get_field16(eeprom, EEPROM_NIC_CONF1_BT_COEXIST))
+               __set_bit(CAPABILITY_BT_COEXIST, &rt2x00dev->cap_flags);
+
        /*
         * Read frequency offset and RF programming sequence.
         */