diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 065f111f01fd..af6b5847be5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 /*
  * Allow hardware encryption to be disabled.
  */
-static int modparam_nohwcrypt = 1;
+static int modparam_nohwcrypt = 0;
 module_param_named(nohwcrypt, modparam_nohwcrypt, bool, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nohwcrypt, "Disable hardware encryption.");
 
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static void rt2500usb_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 			   test_bit(ENTRY_TXD_FIRST_FRAGMENT, &txdesc->flags));
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_IFS, txdesc->ifs);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_DATABYTE_COUNT, skb->len);
-	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_CIPHER, txdesc->cipher);
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_CIPHER, !!txdesc->cipher);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_KEY_ID, txdesc->key_idx);
 	rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 0, word);
 }