diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index 243df08ae91049ab97c26d35470d560986f2cbcb..d1270118f7d3738afcfdaa5aad639fdcb8a8b34d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ static void rt61pci_config_retry_limit(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	u32 reg;
 
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR4, &reg);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_RATE_DOWN, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_RATE_STEP, 0);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_FALLBACK_CCK, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT,
 			   libconf->conf->long_frame_max_tx_count);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_SHORT_RETRY_LIMIT,
@@ -2130,6 +2133,13 @@ static void rt61pci_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 		}
 		txdesc.retry = rt2x00_get_field32(reg, STA_CSR4_RETRY_COUNT);
 
+		/*
+		 * the frame was retried at least once
+		 * -> hw used fallback rates
+		 */
+		if (txdesc.retry)
+			__set_bit(TXDONE_FALLBACK, &txdesc.flags);
+
 		rt2x00pci_txdone(entry, &txdesc);
 	}
 }
@@ -2586,6 +2596,18 @@ static int rt61pci_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 				rt2x00_eeprom_addr(rt2x00dev,
 						   EEPROM_MAC_ADDR_0));
 
+	/*
+	 * As rt61 has a global fallback table we cannot specify
+	 * more then one tx rate per frame but since the hw will
+	 * try several rates (based on the fallback table) we should
+	 * still initialize max_rates to the maximum number of rates
+	 * we are going to try. Otherwise mac80211 will truncate our
+	 * reported tx rates and the rc algortihm will end up with
+	 * incorrect data.
+	 */
+	rt2x00dev->hw->max_rates = 7;
+	rt2x00dev->hw->max_rate_tries = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Initialize hw_mode information.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 113ad690f9d30956fa8ddea78ee1c080e410b5e7..d06d90f003e742453a1076498a12733231c70b16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@ static void rt73usb_config_retry_limit(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	u32 reg;
 
 	rt2x00usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, TXRX_CSR4, &reg);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_RATE_DOWN, 1);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_RATE_STEP, 0);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_OFDM_TX_FALLBACK_CCK, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT,
 			   libconf->conf->long_frame_max_tx_count);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, TXRX_CSR4_SHORT_RETRY_LIMIT,