diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
index cf36f6467914..17b98a3f33bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
@@ -555,6 +555,18 @@ void ar9002_hw_enable_async_fifo(struct ath_hw *ah)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * We don't enable WEP aggregation on mac80211 but we keep this
+ * around for HAL unification purposes.
+ */
+void ar9002_hw_enable_wep_aggregation(struct ath_hw *ah)
+{
+	if (AR_SREV_9287_12_OR_LATER(ah)) {
+		REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_PCU_MISC_MODE2,
+				AR_PCU_MISC_MODE2_ENABLE_AGGWEP);
+	}
+}
+
 /* Sets up the AR5008/AR9001/AR9002 hardware familiy callbacks */
 void ar9002_hw_attach_ops(struct ath_hw *ah)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 1dc1b485c3c3..a6f8032e54d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -1265,12 +1265,9 @@ int ath9k_hw_reset(struct ath_hw *ah, struct ath9k_channel *chan,
 
 	ath9k_hw_init_global_settings(ah);
 
-	if (!AR_SREV_9300_20_OR_LATER(ah))
+	if (!AR_SREV_9300_20_OR_LATER(ah)) {
 		ar9002_hw_enable_async_fifo(ah);
-
-	if (AR_SREV_9287_12_OR_LATER(ah)) {
-		REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_PCU_MISC_MODE2,
-				AR_PCU_MISC_MODE2_ENABLE_AGGWEP);
+		ar9002_hw_enable_wep_aggregation(ah);
 	}
 
 	REG_WRITE(ah, AR_STA_ID1,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
index e4eacdd4c810..affb848a2b98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_delta_slope_vals(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 coef_scaled,
 void ar9002_hw_cck_chan14_spread(struct ath_hw *ah);
 int ar9002_hw_rf_claim(struct ath_hw *ah);
 void ar9002_hw_enable_async_fifo(struct ath_hw *ah);
+void ar9002_hw_enable_wep_aggregation(struct ath_hw *ah);
 
 /*
  * Code specifric to AR9003, we stuff these here to avoid callbacks