--- /dev/null
+--- a/ath/if_ath.c
++++ b/ath/if_ath.c
+@@ -3199,7 +3199,13 @@ ath_tx_startraw(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ieee80211_frame *wh;
+
+ wh = (struct ieee80211_frame *)skb->data;
++
+ try0 = ph->try0;
++ if (!try0)
++ try0 = 1;
++ else if (try0 > 11)
++ try0 = 11;
++
+ rt = sc->sc_currates;
+ txrate = dot11_to_ratecode(sc, rt, ph->rate0);
+ power = ph->power > 63 ? 63 : ph->power;
+@@ -3224,7 +3230,8 @@ ath_tx_startraw(struct net_device *dev,
+ rt = sc->sc_currates;
+ KASSERT(rt != NULL, ("no rate table, mode %u", sc->sc_curmode));
+
+- if (IEEE80211_IS_MULTICAST(wh->i_addr1)) {
++ if (((wh->i_fc[0] & IEEE80211_FC0_TYPE_MASK) != IEEE80211_FC0_TYPE_DATA) ||
++ IEEE80211_IS_MULTICAST(wh->i_addr1)) {
+ flags |= HAL_TXDESC_NOACK; /* no ack on broad/multicast */
+ sc->sc_stats.ast_tx_noack++;
+ try0 = 1;