diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
index 1261a9b84e04a..75464ad4fbd18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -3091,10 +3091,11 @@ brcmf_configure_wpaie(struct net_device *ndev, struct brcmf_vs_tlv *wpa_ie,
 
 	len = wpa_ie->len + TLV_HDR_LEN;
 	data = (u8 *)wpa_ie;
-	offset = 0;
+	offset = TLV_HDR_LEN;
 	if (!is_rsn_ie)
 		offset += VS_IE_FIXED_HDR_LEN;
-	offset += WPA_IE_VERSION_LEN;
+	else
+		offset += WPA_IE_VERSION_LEN;
 
 	/* check for multicast cipher suite */
 	if (offset + WPA_IE_MIN_OUI_LEN > len) {