diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
index f6c487aa8246..26869d107e52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static void cs_set_control(struct zd_mac *mac, struct zd_ctrlset *cs,
 		cs->control |= ZD_CS_MULTICAST;
 
 	/* PS-POLL */
-	if (stype == IEEE80211_STYPE_PSPOLL)
+	if (ftype == IEEE80211_FTYPE_CTL && stype == IEEE80211_STYPE_PSPOLL)
 		cs->control |= ZD_CS_PS_POLL_FRAME;
 
 	/* Unicast data frames over the threshold should have RTS */