diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 8faee4c6f04..339cc84bf4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -258,11 +258,22 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	/*
 	 * Frame was send with retries, hardware tried
 	 * different rates to send out the frame, at each
-	 * retry it lowered the rate 1 step.
+	 * retry it lowered the rate 1 step except when the
+	 * lowest rate was used.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < retry_rates && i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
 		tx_info->status.rates[i].idx = rate_idx - i;
 		tx_info->status.rates[i].flags = rate_flags;
+
+		if (rate_idx - i == 0) {
+			/*
+			 * The lowest rate (index 0) was used until the
+			 * number of max retries was reached.
+			 */
+			tx_info->status.rates[i].count = retry_rates - i;
+			i++;
+			break;
+		}
 		tx_info->status.rates[i].count = 1;
 	}
 	if (i < (IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES - 1))