struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
        struct b43_phy_n *nphy = dev->phy.n;
        int ch = new_channel->hw_value;
-
-       u16 old_band_5ghz;
        u16 tmp16;
 
-       old_band_5ghz =
-               b43_phy_read(dev, B43_NPHY_BANDCTL) & B43_NPHY_BANDCTL_5GHZ;
-       if (new_channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ && !old_band_5ghz) {
+       if (new_channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) {
                tmp16 = b43_read16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR);
                b43_write16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR, tmp16 | 4);
-               b43_phy_set(dev, B43_PHY_B_BBCFG, 0xC000);
+               /* Put BPHY in the reset */
+               b43_phy_set(dev, B43_PHY_B_BBCFG,
+                           B43_PHY_B_BBCFG_RSTCCA | B43_PHY_B_BBCFG_RSTRX);
                b43_write16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR, tmp16);
                b43_phy_set(dev, B43_NPHY_BANDCTL, B43_NPHY_BANDCTL_5GHZ);
-       } else if (new_channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ && old_band_5ghz) {
+       } else if (new_channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
                b43_phy_mask(dev, B43_NPHY_BANDCTL, ~B43_NPHY_BANDCTL_5GHZ);
                tmp16 = b43_read16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR);
                b43_write16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR, tmp16 | 4);
-               b43_phy_mask(dev, B43_PHY_B_BBCFG, 0x3FFF);
+               /* Take BPHY out of the reset */
+               b43_phy_mask(dev, B43_PHY_B_BBCFG,
+                            (u16)~(B43_PHY_B_BBCFG_RSTCCA | B43_PHY_B_BBCFG_RSTRX));
                b43_write16(dev, B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR, tmp16);
        }