diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index c9a234fc3cd1f0c4017f0126def7f8f2f2963544..9eed9e90fc0cc8f97020de1f21ea387006764e5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static void rt2400pci_config_type(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const int type,
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, CSR14, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_COUNT, 1);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, (tsf_sync == TSF_SYNC_BEACON));
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_SYNC, tsf_sync);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, CSR14, reg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index a6234547261e58e764187f12c932d10d8a7ae798..8b2f54b2e6310b0e775c677cffecd6513801633b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void rt2500pci_config_type(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const int type,
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, CSR14, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_COUNT, 1);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TBCN, (tsf_sync == TSF_SYNC_BEACON));
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, CSR14_TSF_SYNC, tsf_sync);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, CSR14, reg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 2a38388a79e146433535af533b3c65b844d4d6d9..531d6a02755a90839e95006c8330b7234267a0f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ static void rt2500usb_config_type(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const int type,
 
 	rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TSF_COUNT, 1);
-	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TBCN, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TBCN,
+			   (tsf_sync == TSF_SYNC_BEACON));
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, TXRX_CSR19_TSF_SYNC, tsf_sync);
 	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR19, reg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index 0693b3920e688e0a691dfe065298912e1b591581..1bbeed66c524be5a7462415a7207777b907ca767 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ static void rt61pci_config_type(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const int type,
 	 */
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_TICKING, 1);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE,
+			  (tsf_sync == TSF_SYNC_BEACON));
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_SYNC, tsf_sync);
 	rt2x00pci_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, reg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 8093a4d49335ccdbbc263b714e9d64538f00ea7a..939341582e72f59d58967feab3f9873e59deb5ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ static void rt73usb_config_type(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const int type,
 	 */
 	rt73usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_TICKING, 1);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TBTT_ENABLE,
+			   (tsf_sync == TSF_SYNC_BEACON));
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_BEACON_GEN, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR9_TSF_SYNC, tsf_sync);
 	rt73usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR9, reg);