diff --git a/net/mac80211/hostapd_ioctl.h b/net/mac80211/hostapd_ioctl.h
index fd072cb24e50..d43711aff4c5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/hostapd_ioctl.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/hostapd_ioctl.h
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ enum {
 	PRISM2_PARAM_MIXED_CELL = 1039,
 };
 
-enum {
-	IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_NONE = 0,
-	IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_IEEE8021X = 1,
-	IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_WPA_PSK = 2,
-	IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_WPA_EAP = 3,
-};
-
-
 /* Data structures used for get_hw_features ioctl */
 struct hostapd_ioctl_hw_modes_hdr {
 	int mode;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index c557d578aa30..c771b7a76959 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct ieee80211_if_sta {
 	unsigned long request;
 	struct sk_buff_head skb_queue;
 
-	int key_mgmt;
+	int key_management_enabled;
 	unsigned long last_probe;
 
 #define IEEE80211_AUTH_ALG_OPEN BIT(0)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
index 785f437b306a..643c8855801c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
@@ -1342,22 +1342,12 @@ static int ieee80211_ioctl_siwauth(struct net_device *dev,
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else {
 			/*
-			 * TODO: sdata->u.sta.key_mgmt does not match with WE18
-			 * value completely; could consider modifying this to
-			 * be closer to WE18. For now, this value is not really
-			 * used for anything else than Privacy matching, so the
-			 * current code here should be more or less OK.
+			 * Key management was set by wpa_supplicant,
+			 * we only need this to associate to a network
+			 * that has privacy enabled regardless of not
+			 * having a key.
 			 */
-			if (data->value & IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_802_1X) {
-				sdata->u.sta.key_mgmt =
-					IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_WPA_EAP;
-			} else if (data->value & IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_PSK) {
-				sdata->u.sta.key_mgmt =
-					IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_WPA_PSK;
-			} else {
-				sdata->u.sta.key_mgmt =
-					IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_NONE;
-			}
+			sdata->u.sta.key_management_enabled = !!data->value;
 		}
 		break;
 	case IW_AUTH_80211_AUTH_ALG:
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
index f43c39f11223..1b3304454356 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
@@ -716,8 +716,7 @@ static int ieee80211_privacy_mismatch(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ieee80211_sta_bss *bss;
 	int res = 0;
 
-	if (!ifsta || ifsta->mixed_cell ||
-	    ifsta->key_mgmt != IEEE80211_KEY_MGMT_NONE)
+	if (!ifsta || ifsta->mixed_cell || ifsta->key_management_enabled)
 		return 0;
 
 	bss = ieee80211_rx_bss_get(dev, ifsta->bssid);