diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
index 3c9c623bb428..9d7dbfe7fe0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		wl->quirks |= WLCORE_QUIRK_LEGACY_NVS |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_DUAL_PROBE_TMPL |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TKIP_HEADER_SPACE |
-			      WLCORE_QUIRK_START_STA_FAILS |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_AP_ZERO_SESSION_ID;
 		wl->sr_fw_name = WL127X_FW_NAME_SINGLE;
 		wl->mr_fw_name = WL127X_FW_NAME_MULTI;
@@ -659,7 +658,6 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		wl->quirks |= WLCORE_QUIRK_LEGACY_NVS |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_DUAL_PROBE_TMPL |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TKIP_HEADER_SPACE |
-			      WLCORE_QUIRK_START_STA_FAILS |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_AP_ZERO_SESSION_ID;
 		wl->plt_fw_name = WL127X_PLT_FW_NAME;
 		wl->sr_fw_name = WL127X_FW_NAME_SINGLE;
@@ -688,7 +686,6 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		wl->quirks |= WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_DUAL_PROBE_TMPL |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TKIP_HEADER_SPACE |
-			      WLCORE_QUIRK_START_STA_FAILS |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_AP_ZERO_SESSION_ID;
 
 		wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(wl, WL128X_CHIP_VER,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
index 5f74cf821068..be0ed19f9356 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -2862,21 +2862,8 @@ static int wlcore_join(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
 
 	if (is_ibss)
 		ret = wl12xx_cmd_role_start_ibss(wl, wlvif);
-	else {
-		if (wl->quirks & WLCORE_QUIRK_START_STA_FAILS) {
-			/*
-			 * TODO: this is an ugly workaround for wl12xx fw
-			 * bug - we are not able to tx/rx after the first
-			 * start_sta, so make dummy start+stop calls,
-			 * and then call start_sta again.
-			 * this should be fixed in the fw.
-			 */
-			wl12xx_cmd_role_start_sta(wl, wlvif);
-			wl12xx_cmd_role_stop_sta(wl, wlvif);
-		}
-
+	else
 		ret = wl12xx_cmd_role_start_sta(wl, wlvif);
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
index b7821311ac75..81c94d390623 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
@@ -547,9 +547,6 @@ wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned int chip,
 /* Each RX/TX transaction requires an end-of-transaction transfer */
 #define WLCORE_QUIRK_END_OF_TRANSACTION		BIT(0)
 
-/* the first start_role(sta) sometimes doesn't work on wl12xx */
-#define WLCORE_QUIRK_START_STA_FAILS		BIT(1)
-
 /* wl127x and SPI don't support SDIO block size alignment */
 #define WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN		BIT(2)