diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index ff2d63267b19e8acb41b356e8524e3451014f291..702321c30164d6e46310b9f959c4497a27d68bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static void rt2500pci_link_tuner(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	 * up to version C the link tuning should halt after 20
 	 * seconds.
 	 */
-	if (rt2x00_get_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) < RT2560_VERSION_D &&
+	if (rt2x00_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) < RT2560_VERSION_D &&
 	    rt2x00dev->link.count > 20)
 		return;
 
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static void rt2500pci_link_tuner(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	 * Chipset versions C and lower should directly continue
 	 * to the dynamic CCA tuning.
 	 */
-	if (rt2x00_get_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) < RT2560_VERSION_D)
+	if (rt2x00_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) < RT2560_VERSION_D)
 		goto dynamic_cca_tune;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 7cdc80a122bb9aaa10b9f9eb514fad6c1d0005de..277a020b35e9039c994e583c1c0a276c11511e1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_init_registers(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, MAC_CSR1_HOST_READY, 1);
 	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, MAC_CSR1, reg);
 
-	if (rt2x00_get_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) >= RT2570_VERSION_C) {
+	if (rt2x00_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip) >= RT2570_VERSION_C) {
 		rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR2, &reg);
 		reg &= ~0x0002;
 	} else {
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_init_eeprom(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, MAC_CSR0, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_chip(rt2x00dev, RT2570, value, reg);
 
-	if (rt2x00_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip, 0xffff0)) {
+	if (!rt2x00_check_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip, 0)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "Invalid RT chipset detected.\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 9845e584b731a48454ebf0ccf08ef606dffb8ea8..d1ad5251a77a89d1f0afbee37c2ebf1dd77f328a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -751,14 +751,16 @@ static inline char rt2x00_rf(const struct rt2x00_chip *chipset, const u16 chip)
 	return (chipset->rf == chip);
 }
 
-static inline u16 rt2x00_get_rev(const struct rt2x00_chip *chipset)
+static inline u16 rt2x00_rev(const struct rt2x00_chip *chipset)
 {
 	return chipset->rev;
 }
 
-static inline u16 rt2x00_rev(const struct rt2x00_chip *chipset, const u32 mask)
+static inline u16 rt2x00_check_rev(const struct rt2x00_chip *chipset,
+				   const u32 rev)
 {
-	return chipset->rev & mask;
+	return (((chipset->rev & 0xffff0) == rev) &&
+		!!(chipset->rev & 0x0000f));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 46c8c0840a6531703ed85d31a0604598502f4baf..dc640bf6b5ebe86f3b4ee99cb29e871949e8da8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static int rt73usb_init_eeprom(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	rt73usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, MAC_CSR0, &reg);
 	rt2x00_set_chip(rt2x00dev, RT2571, value, reg);
 
-	if (!rt2x00_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip, 0x25730)) {
+	if (!rt2x00_check_rev(&rt2x00dev->chip, 0x25730)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "Invalid RT chipset detected.\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}