diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 4478760b7dc3ba332c3184d5e8c42ab63b7075f7..a00fd644370b0f094e3b66f5b9efe74fca653daa 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3680,10 +3680,6 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	wiphy = &rdev->wiphy;
 
-	connect.bssid = NULL;
-	connect.channel = NULL;
-	connect.auth_type = NL80211_AUTHTYPE_OPEN_SYSTEM;
-
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
 		connect.bssid = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]);
 	connect.ssid = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SSID]);
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index df9173f73604ef177221bf0a3e32cb406d9692a9..79ca56cbfd36a4cca797d44162ae615d2bc43fc9 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@ void cfg80211_sme_rx_auth(struct net_device *dev,
 		wdev->conn->state = CFG80211_CONN_AUTHENTICATE_NEXT;
 		schedule_work(&rdev->conn_work);
 	} else if (status_code != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		wdev->sme_state = CFG80211_SME_IDLE;
-		kfree(wdev->conn);
-		wdev->conn = NULL;
+		__cfg80211_connect_result(dev, mgmt->bssid, NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
+					  status_code, false);
 	} else if (wdev->sme_state == CFG80211_SME_CONNECTING &&
 		 wdev->conn->state == CFG80211_CONN_AUTHENTICATING) {
 		wdev->conn->state = CFG80211_CONN_ASSOCIATE_NEXT;