diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 023e8751d223..fcf1dfc3a1cc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2006-2010	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
  * Copyright 2013-2015  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
  * Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation
  *
  * This file is GPLv2 as found in COPYING.
  */
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static int sta_apply_parameters(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (params->supported_rates) {
+	if (params->supported_rates && params->supported_rates_len) {
 		ieee80211_parse_bitrates(&sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef,
 					 sband, params->supported_rates,
 					 params->supported_rates_len,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 281319c826dd..b971b02d0d60 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -4955,7 +4955,12 @@ static int ieee80211_prep_connection(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			basic_rates = BIT(min_rate_index);
 		}
 
-		new_sta->sta.supp_rates[cbss->channel->band] = rates;
+		if (rates)
+			new_sta->sta.supp_rates[cbss->channel->band] = rates;
+		else
+			sdata_info(sdata,
+				   "No rates found, keeping mandatory only\n");
+
 		sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates = basic_rates;
 
 		/* cf. IEEE 802.11 9.2.12 */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index 09f89d004a70..bc3cedc653f0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -886,11 +886,6 @@ void rate_control_get_rate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txrc->skb);
 	int i;
 
-	if (sta && test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_RATE_CONTROL)) {
-		ista = &sta->sta;
-		priv_sta = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
-	}
-
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
 		info->control.rates[i].idx = -1;
 		info->control.rates[i].flags = 0;
@@ -900,9 +895,14 @@ void rate_control_get_rate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
 		return;
 
-	if (rate_control_send_low(ista, txrc))
+	if (rate_control_send_low(sta ? &sta->sta : NULL, txrc))
 		return;
 
+	if (sta && test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_RATE_CONTROL)) {
+		ista = &sta->sta;
+		priv_sta = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
+	}
+
 	if (ista) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&sta->rate_ctrl_lock);
 		ref->ops->get_rate(ref->priv, ista, priv_sta, txrc);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index a4932ee3595c..315adb473e2c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2006-2007	Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
  * Copyright 2013-2014  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
  * Copyright (C) 2015 - 2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -404,6 +404,47 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS; i++)
 		sta->last_seq_ctrl[i] = cpu_to_le16(USHRT_MAX);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; i++) {
+		u32 mandatory = 0;
+		int r;
+
+		if (!hw->wiphy->bands[i])
+			continue;
+
+		switch (i) {
+		case NL80211_BAND_2GHZ:
+			/*
+			 * We use both here, even if we cannot really know for
+			 * sure the station will support both, but the only use
+			 * for this is when we don't know anything yet and send
+			 * management frames, and then we'll pick the lowest
+			 * possible rate anyway.
+			 * If we don't include _G here, we cannot find a rate
+			 * in P2P, and thus trigger the WARN_ONCE() in rate.c
+			 */
+			mandatory = IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_B |
+				    IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_G;
+			break;
+		case NL80211_BAND_5GHZ:
+			mandatory = IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_A;
+			break;
+		case NL80211_BAND_60GHZ:
+			WARN_ON(1);
+			mandatory = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		for (r = 0; r < hw->wiphy->bands[i]->n_bitrates; r++) {
+			struct ieee80211_rate *rate;
+
+			rate = &hw->wiphy->bands[i]->bitrates[r];
+
+			if (!(rate->flags & mandatory))
+				continue;
+			sta->sta.supp_rates[i] |= BIT(r);
+		}
+	}
+
 	sta->sta.smps_mode = IEEE80211_SMPS_OFF;
 	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
 	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) {