diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index e808db98f2f57b09c3815fb7cb07be91386b09eb..93ea212fedd51358f7e893688186895e7f858c58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -2302,9 +2302,9 @@ static void rt61pci_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
+	 * - Multicast filter seems to kill broadcast traffic so never use it.
 	 */
-	if (mc_count)
-		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
+	*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 4fac2d414d845401067120dbe72ea3af9a13f9c8..2917700a2549a810ef379d2ebe82b5526abf6b24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1869,9 +1869,9 @@ static void rt73usb_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * Apply some rules to the filters:
 	 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set.
 	 * - Some things we can't filter out at all.
+	 * - Multicast filter seems to kill broadcast traffic so never use it.
 	 */
-	if (mc_count)
-		*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
+	*total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI;
 	if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS ||
 	    *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS)
 		*total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;