diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index 9eed9e90fc0cc8f97020de1f21ea387006764e5f..b042eb551cde032b0440e6a97cbbeb5752f376c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -1422,7 +1422,6 @@ static void rt2400pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				       struct dev_addr_list *mc_list)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
-	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 	u32 reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -1441,21 +1440,18 @@ static void rt2400pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
-	 * - Some filters are set based on interface type.
 	 */
 	*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
-	if (is_interface_type(intf, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there is any work left for us.
 	 */
-	if (intf->filter == *total_flags)
+	if (rt2x00dev->packet_filter == *total_flags)
 		return;
-	intf->filter = *total_flags;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = *total_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start configuration steps.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index 8b2f54b2e6310b0e775c677cffecd6513801633b..c92163d2d9ab9eb4996d621b303072b33aaf8508 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,6 @@ static void rt2500pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				       struct dev_addr_list *mc_list)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
-	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 	u32 reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -1770,22 +1769,19 @@ static void rt2500pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
-	 * - Some filters are set based on interface type.
 	 */
 	if (mc_count)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
-	if (is_interface_type(intf, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there is any work left for us.
 	 */
-	if (intf->filter == *total_flags)
+	if (rt2x00dev->packet_filter == *total_flags)
 		return;
-	intf->filter = *total_flags;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = *total_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start configuration steps.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 531d6a02755a90839e95006c8330b7234267a0f5..3dca09d6e3197914ada43a4469ada6b9f4ef1564 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1611,7 +1611,6 @@ static void rt2500usb_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				       struct dev_addr_list *mc_list)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
-	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 	u16 reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -1630,22 +1629,19 @@ static void rt2500usb_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
-	 * - Some filters are set based on interface type.
 	 */
 	if (mc_count)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
-	if (is_interface_type(intf, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there is any work left for us.
 	 */
-	if (intf->filter == *total_flags)
+	if (rt2x00dev->packet_filter == *total_flags)
 		return;
-	intf->filter = *total_flags;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = *total_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * When in atomic context, reschedule and let rt2x00lib
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 5e4cb3ee2eae734cf540757ff0b5ea9a0a0a7f6a..be1fc0aebadcf5b06e23efbd06cf07194c2349c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -388,11 +388,6 @@ struct interface {
 	 * BBSID of the AP to associate with.
 	 */
 	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
-
-	/*
-	 * Store the packet filter mode for the current interface.
-	 */
-	unsigned int filter;
 };
 
 static inline int is_interface_present(struct interface *intf)
@@ -675,6 +670,13 @@ struct rt2x00_dev {
 	 */
 	struct mutex usb_cache_mutex;
 
+	/*
+	 * Current packet filter configuration for the device.
+	 * This contains all currently active FIF_* flags send
+	 * to us by mac80211 during configure_filter().
+	 */
+	unsigned int packet_filter;
+
 	/*
 	 * Interface configuration.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index cea2bd91ff5ffc5e9e384d8715e9c7e5a4ae8334..911060df803778729efb95802d0ffdfd3aa89403 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_packetfilter_scheduled(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev =
 	    container_of(work, struct rt2x00_dev, filter_work);
-	unsigned int filter = rt2x00dev->interface.filter;
+	unsigned int filter = rt2x00dev->packet_filter;
 
 	/*
 	 * Since we had stored the filter inside interface.filter,
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_packetfilter_scheduled(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * assume nothing has changed (*total_flags will be compared
 	 * to interface.filter to determine if any action is required).
 	 */
-	rt2x00dev->interface.filter = 0;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = 0;
 
 	rt2x00dev->ops->hw->configure_filter(rt2x00dev->hw,
 					     filter, &filter, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index fc36320a5f1321f28923a8a04743087109043b7f..5c78c4cf80ae6b982b29fe011b79e7f9b088c2ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -2310,7 +2310,6 @@ static void rt61pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     struct dev_addr_list *mc_list)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
-	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 	u32 reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -2329,22 +2328,19 @@ static void rt61pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
-	 * - Some filters are set based on interface type.
 	 */
 	if (mc_count)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
-	if (is_interface_type(intf, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there is any work left for us.
 	 */
-	if (intf->filter == *total_flags)
+	if (rt2x00dev->packet_filter == *total_flags)
 		return;
-	intf->filter = *total_flags;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = *total_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start configuration steps.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 939341582e72f59d58967feab3f9873e59deb5ff..f2d1810fb3fe675155dad7f2eda7a16a2e002992 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,6 @@ static void rt73usb_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     struct dev_addr_list *mc_list)
 {
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
-	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 	u32 reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -1865,22 +1864,19 @@ static void rt73usb_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
-	 * - Some filters are set based on interface type.
 	 */
 	if (mc_count)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
-	if (is_interface_type(intf, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there is any work left for us.
 	 */
-	if (intf->filter == *total_flags)
+	if (rt2x00dev->packet_filter == *total_flags)
 		return;
-	intf->filter = *total_flags;
+	rt2x00dev->packet_filter = *total_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * When in atomic context, reschedule and let rt2x00lib