diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c374ee0d3133..526248b56dc0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fd6dcb883a0e34de90c64a9352c5225066ee7d72
+refs/heads/master: ecb7cab59a2b8c0ec1aab6ac903def1d5a81d32b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index b5a871eb8881..eeecedb63cd0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -903,8 +903,12 @@ static void rt2800pci_txdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 			txdesc.retry = 7;
 		}
 
-		__set_bit(TXDONE_FALLBACK, &txdesc.flags);
-
+		/*
+		 * the frame was retried at least once
+		 * -> hw used fallback rates
+		 */
+		if (txdesc.retry)
+			__set_bit(TXDONE_FALLBACK, &txdesc.flags);
 
 		rt2x00pci_txdone(entry, &txdesc);
 	}