diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
index a5c1910a0247935774842536b4c08a77c9bf54f3..0e0808fa4e32d30725dda58c0d610faac72a6658 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
@@ -31,14 +31,11 @@
 static int wl1271_event_scan_complete(struct wl1271 *wl,
 				      struct event_mailbox *mbox)
 {
-	int size = sizeof(struct wl12xx_probe_req_template);
 	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_EVENT, "status: 0x%x",
 		     mbox->scheduled_scan_status);
 
 	if (test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_SCANNING, &wl->flags)) {
 		if (wl->scan.state == WL1271_SCAN_BAND_DUAL) {
-			wl1271_cmd_template_set(wl, CMD_TEMPL_CFG_PROBE_REQ_2_4,
-						NULL, size);
 			/* 2.4 GHz band scanned, scan 5 GHz band, pretend
 			 * to the wl1271_cmd_scan function that we are not
 			 * scanning as it checks that.
@@ -52,15 +49,6 @@ static int wl1271_event_scan_complete(struct wl1271 *wl,
 						WL1271_SCAN_BAND_5_GHZ,
 						wl->scan.probe_requests);
 		} else {
-			if (wl->scan.state == WL1271_SCAN_BAND_2_4_GHZ)
-				wl1271_cmd_template_set(wl,
-						CMD_TEMPL_CFG_PROBE_REQ_2_4,
-						NULL, size);
-			else
-				wl1271_cmd_template_set(wl,
-						CMD_TEMPL_CFG_PROBE_REQ_5,
-						NULL, size);
-
 			mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
 			ieee80211_scan_completed(wl->hw, false);
 			mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 523e051d62ddf8edd008a339a24453123a0bcd03..849c4ac6e01b17bea1c7fa5d5368b27d934d2abd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,15 @@ static void wl1271_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_sleep;
 
+			/*
+			 * The SSID is intentionally set to NULL here - the
+			 * firmware will set the probe request with a
+			 * broadcast SSID regardless of what we set in the
+			 * template.
+			 */
+			ret = wl1271_cmd_build_probe_req(wl, NULL, 0,
+							 NULL, 0, wl->band);
+
 			ret = wl1271_acx_aid(wl, wl->aid);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_sleep;