diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.h
index abb4907cf2960925feeaec25a146b13e7d28e5e2..b1a24de0b7b01a99f2186fb0a421a36e4969aade 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define RTL8187_EEPROM_TXPWR_CHAN_1	0x16	/* 3 channels */
 #define RTL8187_EEPROM_TXPWR_CHAN_6	0x1B	/* 2 channels */
 #define RTL8187_EEPROM_TXPWR_CHAN_4	0x3D	/* 2 channels */
+#define RTL8187_EEPROM_SELECT_GPIO	0x3B
 
 #define RTL8187_REQT_READ	0xC0
 #define RTL8187_REQT_WRITE	0x40
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
 
 #define RTL8187_MAX_RX		0x9C4
 
+#define RFKILL_MASK_8187_89_97	0x2
+#define RFKILL_MASK_8198	0x4
+
 struct rtl8187_rx_info {
 	struct urb *urb;
 	struct ieee80211_hw *dev;
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ struct rtl8187_priv {
 	u8 noise;
 	u8 slot_time;
 	u8 aifsn[4];
+	u8 rfkill_mask;
 	struct {
 		__le64 buf;
 		struct sk_buff_head queue;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
index 76973b8c7099554f9a0e0bbef6fd3d6032d3321c..bc5726dd5fe49f5fc7582f4a94d6bce4402de7af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
 	const char *chip_name;
 	u16 txpwr, reg;
+	u16 product_id = le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct);
 	int err, i;
 
 	dev = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(*priv), &rtl8187_ops);
@@ -1481,6 +1482,13 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		(*channel++).hw_value = txpwr & 0xFF;
 		(*channel++).hw_value = txpwr >> 8;
 	}
+	/* Handle the differing rfkill GPIO bit in different models */
+	priv->rfkill_mask = RFKILL_MASK_8187_89_97;
+	if (product_id == 0x8197 || product_id == 0x8198) {
+		eeprom_93cx6_read(&eeprom, RTL8187_EEPROM_SELECT_GPIO, &reg);
+		if (reg & 0xFF00)
+			priv->rfkill_mask = RFKILL_MASK_8198;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * XXX: Once this driver supports anything that requires
@@ -1509,9 +1517,9 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	mutex_init(&priv->conf_mutex);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&priv->b_tx_status.queue);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: hwaddr %pM, %s V%d + %s\n",
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: hwaddr %pM, %s V%d + %s, rfkill mask %d\n",
 	       wiphy_name(dev->wiphy), dev->wiphy->perm_addr,
-	       chip_name, priv->asic_rev, priv->rf->name);
+	       chip_name, priv->asic_rev, priv->rf->name, priv->rfkill_mask);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTL8187_LEDS
 	eeprom_93cx6_read(&eeprom, 0x3F, &reg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rfkill.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rfkill.c
index cad8037ab2af3a4d136194dcdf3e322d65495ad6..03555e1e0cab29cb0d8b4698b71d994d3ec11296 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rfkill.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rfkill.c
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ static bool rtl8187_is_radio_enabled(struct rtl8187_priv *priv)
 	u8 gpio;
 
 	gpio = rtl818x_ioread8(priv, &priv->map->GPIO0);
-	rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->GPIO0, gpio & ~0x02);
+	rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->GPIO0, gpio & ~priv->rfkill_mask);
 	gpio = rtl818x_ioread8(priv, &priv->map->GPIO1);
 
-	return gpio & 0x02;
+	return gpio & priv->rfkill_mask;
 }
 
 void rtl8187_rfkill_init(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)