diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index 12c5e5d6e910..13039a024473 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #define IWL_RATE_MIN_FAILURE_TH		6	/* min failures to calc tpt */
 #define IWL_RATE_MIN_SUCCESS_TH		8	/* min successes to calc tpt */
 
+/* max allowed rate miss before sync LQ cmd */
+#define IWL_MISSED_RATE_MAX		15
 /* max time to accum history 2 seconds */
 #define IWL_RATE_SCALE_FLUSH_INTVL   (2*HZ)
 
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ struct iwl_lq_sta {
 	u16 active_mimo3_rate;
 	u16 active_rate_basic;
 	s8 max_rate_idx;     /* Max rate set by user */
+	u8 missed_rate_counter;
 
 	struct iwl_link_quality_cmd lq;
 	struct iwl_scale_tbl_info lq_info[LQ_SIZE]; /* "active", "search" */
@@ -841,10 +844,15 @@ static void rs_tx_status(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 		/* the last LQ command could failed so the LQ in ucode not
 		 * the same in driver sync up
 		 */
-		iwl_send_lq_cmd(priv, &lq_sta->lq, CMD_ASYNC);
+		lq_sta->missed_rate_counter++;
+		if (lq_sta->missed_rate_counter > IWL_MISSED_RATE_MAX) {
+			lq_sta->missed_rate_counter = 0;
+			iwl_send_lq_cmd(priv, &lq_sta->lq, CMD_ASYNC);
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	lq_sta->missed_rate_counter = 0;
 	/* Update frame history window with "failure" for each Tx retry. */
 	while (retries) {
 		/* Look up the rate and other info used for each tx attempt.
@@ -2212,6 +2220,8 @@ static void rs_rate_init(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 	struct ieee80211_conf *conf = &priv->hw->conf;
 	struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta = priv_sta;
 	u16 mask_bit = 0;
+	int count;
+	int start_rate = 0;
 
 	lq_sta->flush_timer = 0;
 	lq_sta->supp_rates = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
@@ -2247,6 +2257,7 @@ static void rs_rate_init(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 
 	lq_sta->is_dup = 0;
 	lq_sta->max_rate_idx = -1;
+	lq_sta->missed_rate_counter = IWL_MISSED_RATE_MAX;
 	lq_sta->is_green = rs_use_green(priv, conf);
 	lq_sta->active_legacy_rate = priv->active_rate & ~(0x1000);
 	lq_sta->active_rate_basic = priv->active_rate_basic;
@@ -2285,16 +2296,20 @@ static void rs_rate_init(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 	lq_sta->drv = priv;
 
 	/* Find highest tx rate supported by hardware and destination station */
-	mask_bit = sta->supp_rates[sband->band] & lq_sta->active_legacy_rate;
-	lq_sta->last_txrate_idx = 3;
-	for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++)
+	mask_bit = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
+	count = sband->n_bitrates;
+	if (sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) {
+		count += IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
+		start_rate = IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
+		mask_bit <<= IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
+	}
+
+	mask_bit = mask_bit & lq_sta->active_legacy_rate;
+	lq_sta->last_txrate_idx = 4;
+	for (i = start_rate; i < count; i++)
 		if (mask_bit & BIT(i))
 			lq_sta->last_txrate_idx = i;
 
-	/* For MODE_IEEE80211A, skip over cck rates in global rate table */
-	if (sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
-		lq_sta->last_txrate_idx += IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
-
 	rs_initialize_lq(priv, conf, sta, lq_sta);
 }