diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
index 3ad8767..69df5bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -1749,9 +1749,12 @@ static int wl12xx_setup(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	struct wlcore_platdev_data *pdev_data = dev_get_platdata(&wl->pdev->dev);
 	struct wl12xx_platform_data *pdata = pdev_data->pdata;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WL12XX_MAX_LINKS > WLCORE_MAX_LINKS);
+
 	wl->rtable = wl12xx_rtable;
 	wl->num_tx_desc = WL12XX_NUM_TX_DESCRIPTORS;
 	wl->num_rx_desc = WL12XX_NUM_RX_DESCRIPTORS;
+	wl->num_links = WL12XX_MAX_LINKS;
 	wl->num_channels = 1;
 	wl->num_mac_addr = WL12XX_NUM_MAC_ADDRESSES;
 	wl->band_rate_to_idx = wl12xx_band_rate_to_idx;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
index b9950f8..26b1a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 
 #define WL12XX_RX_BA_MAX_SESSIONS 3
 
+#define WL12XX_MAX_LINKS 12
+
 struct wl127x_rx_mem_pool_addr {
 	u32 addr;
 	u32 addr_extra;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
index cbf9bf3..6011b22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
@@ -1752,9 +1752,12 @@ static int wl18xx_setup(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	struct wl18xx_priv *priv = wl->priv;
 	int ret;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WL18XX_MAX_LINKS > WLCORE_MAX_LINKS);
+
 	wl->rtable = wl18xx_rtable;
 	wl->num_tx_desc = WL18XX_NUM_TX_DESCRIPTORS;
 	wl->num_rx_desc = WL18XX_NUM_RX_DESCRIPTORS;
+	wl->num_links = WL18XX_MAX_LINKS;
 	wl->num_channels = 2;
 	wl->num_mac_addr = WL18XX_NUM_MAC_ADDRESSES;
 	wl->band_rate_to_idx = wl18xx_band_rate_to_idx;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
index d32a6af..38174e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #define WL18XX_RX_BA_MAX_SESSIONS 5
 
+#define WL18XX_MAX_LINKS 12
+
 struct wl18xx_priv {
 	/* buffer for sending commands to FW */
 	u8 cmd_buf[WL18XX_CMD_MAX_SIZE];
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ struct wl18xx_fw_packet_counters {
 	u8 tx_released_pkts[NUM_TX_QUEUES];
 
 	/* Cumulative counter of freed packets per HLID */
-	u8 tx_lnk_free_pkts[WL12XX_MAX_LINKS];
+	u8 tx_lnk_free_pkts[WL18XX_MAX_LINKS];
 
 	/* Cumulative counter of released Voice memory blocks */
 	u8 tx_voice_released_blks;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
index 4d19fd2..ab5ca32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ static int wlcore_get_new_session_id(struct wl1271 *wl, u8 hlid)
 int wl12xx_allocate_link(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif, u8 *hlid)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	u8 link = find_first_zero_bit(wl->links_map, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS);
-	if (link >= WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)
+	u8 link = find_first_zero_bit(wl->links_map, wl->num_links);
+	if (link >= wl->num_links)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	wl->session_ids[link] = wlcore_get_new_session_id(wl, link);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c
index 8d3b349..1f9a360 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void wl1271_stop_ba_event(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
 		u8 hlid;
 		struct wl1271_link *lnk;
 		for_each_set_bit(hlid, wlvif->ap.sta_hlid_map,
-				 WL12XX_MAX_LINKS) {
+				 wl->num_links) {
 			lnk = &wl->links[hlid];
 			if (!lnk->ba_bitmap)
 				continue;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void wlcore_disconnect_sta(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned long sta_bitmap)
 	const u8 *addr;
 	int h;
 
-	for_each_set_bit(h, &sta_bitmap, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS) {
+	for_each_set_bit(h, &sta_bitmap, wl->num_links) {
 		bool found = false;
 		/* find the ap vif connected to this sta */
 		wl12xx_for_each_wlvif_ap(wl, wlvif) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
index 70a3e57..c35d1dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void wl12xx_irq_update_links_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
 		wl->ap_fw_ps_map = cur_fw_ps_map;
 	}
 
-	for_each_set_bit(hlid, wlvif->ap.sta_hlid_map, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)
+	for_each_set_bit(hlid, wlvif->ap.sta_hlid_map, wl->num_links)
 		wl12xx_irq_ps_regulate_link(wl, wlvif, hlid,
 					    wl->links[hlid].allocated_pkts);
 }
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int wlcore_fw_status(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl_fw_status *status)
 	}
 
 
-	for_each_set_bit(i, wl->links_map, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS) {
+	for_each_set_bit(i, wl->links_map, wl->num_links) {
 		u8 diff;
 		lnk = &wl->links[i];
 
@@ -5855,7 +5855,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *wlcore_alloc_hw(size_t priv_size, u32 aggr_buf_size,
 	int i, j, ret;
 	unsigned int order;
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(AP_MAX_STATIONS > WL12XX_MAX_LINKS);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(AP_MAX_STATIONS > WLCORE_MAX_LINKS);
 
 	hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(*wl), &wl1271_ops);
 	if (!hw) {
@@ -5878,8 +5878,12 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *wlcore_alloc_hw(size_t priv_size, u32 aggr_buf_size,
 
 	wl->hw = hw;
 
+	/*
+	 * wl->num_links is not configured yet, so just use WLCORE_MAX_LINKS.
+	 * we don't allocate any additional resource here, so that's fine.
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++)
-		for (j = 0; j < WL12XX_MAX_LINKS; j++)
+		for (j = 0; j < WLCORE_MAX_LINKS; j++)
 			skb_queue_head_init(&wl->links[j].tx_queue[i]);
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&wl->deferred_rx_queue);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.c
index a047e87..e125974 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int wl1271_rx_handle_data(struct wl1271 *wl, u8 *data, u32 length,
 
 int wlcore_rx(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl_fw_status *status)
 {
-	unsigned long active_hlids[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)] = {0};
+	unsigned long active_hlids[BITS_TO_LONGS(WLCORE_MAX_LINKS)] = {0};
 	u32 buf_size;
 	u32 fw_rx_counter = status->fw_rx_counter % wl->num_rx_desc;
 	u32 drv_rx_counter = wl->rx_counter % wl->num_rx_desc;
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ int wlcore_rx(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl_fw_status *status)
 						  wl->aggr_buf + pkt_offset,
 						  pkt_len, rx_align,
 						  &hlid) == 1) {
-				if (hlid < WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)
+				if (hlid < wl->num_links)
 					__set_bit(hlid, active_hlids);
 				else
 					WARN(1,
-					     "hlid exceeded WL12XX_MAX_LINKS "
-					     "(%d)\n", hlid);
+					     "hlid (%d) exceeded MAX_LINKS\n",
+					     hlid);
 			}
 
 			wl->rx_counter++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
index ca886ef..06ab5c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
@@ -565,11 +565,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *wlcore_vif_dequeue_high_prio(struct wl1271 *wl,
 	int i, h, start_hlid;
 
 	/* start from the link after the last one */
-	start_hlid = (wlvif->last_tx_hlid + 1) % WL12XX_MAX_LINKS;
+	start_hlid = (wlvif->last_tx_hlid + 1) % wl->num_links;
 
 	/* dequeue according to AC, round robin on each link */
-	for (i = 0; i < WL12XX_MAX_LINKS; i++) {
-		h = (start_hlid + i) % WL12XX_MAX_LINKS;
+	for (i = 0; i < wl->num_links; i++) {
+		h = (start_hlid + i) % wl->num_links;
 
 		/* only consider connected stations */
 		if (!test_bit(h, wlvif->links_map))
@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ static void wl1271_skb_queue_head(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
 		skb_queue_head(&wl->links[hlid].tx_queue[q], skb);
 
 		/* make sure we dequeue the same packet next time */
-		wlvif->last_tx_hlid = (hlid + WL12XX_MAX_LINKS - 1) %
-				      WL12XX_MAX_LINKS;
+		wlvif->last_tx_hlid = (hlid + wl->num_links - 1) %
+				      wl->num_links;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ void wl12xx_rearm_rx_streaming(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned long *active_hlids)
 	timeout = wl->conf.rx_streaming.duration;
 	wl12xx_for_each_wlvif_sta(wl, wlvif) {
 		bool found = false;
-		for_each_set_bit(hlid, active_hlids, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS) {
+		for_each_set_bit(hlid, active_hlids, wl->num_links) {
 			if (test_bit(hlid, wlvif->links_map)) {
 				found  = true;
 				break;
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ int wlcore_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *desc;
 	u32 buf_offset = 0, last_len = 0;
 	bool sent_packets = false;
-	unsigned long active_hlids[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)] = {0};
+	unsigned long active_hlids[BITS_TO_LONGS(WLCORE_MAX_LINKS)] = {0};
 	int ret = 0;
 	int bus_ret = 0;
 	u8 hlid;
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ void wl12xx_tx_reset_wlvif(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
 	int i;
 
 	/* TX failure */
-	for_each_set_bit(i, wlvif->links_map, WL12XX_MAX_LINKS) {
+	for_each_set_bit(i, wlvif->links_map, wl->num_links) {
 		if (wlvif->bss_type == BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS &&
 		    i != wlvif->ap.bcast_hlid && i != wlvif->ap.global_hlid) {
 			/* this calls wl12xx_free_link */
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ void wl12xx_tx_reset(struct wl1271 *wl)
 
 	/* only reset the queues if something bad happened */
 	if (wl1271_tx_total_queue_count(wl) != 0) {
-		for (i = 0; i < WL12XX_MAX_LINKS; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < wl->num_links; i++)
 			wl1271_tx_reset_link_queues(wl, i);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++)
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ void wl1271_tx_flush(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		       WL1271_TX_FLUSH_TIMEOUT / 1000);
 
 	/* forcibly flush all Tx buffers on our queues */
-	for (i = 0; i < WL12XX_MAX_LINKS; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < wl->num_links; i++)
 		wl1271_tx_reset_link_queues(wl, i);
 
 out_wake:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
index cec5265..98b1875 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ struct wl1271 {
 	int channel;
 	u8 system_hlid;
 
-	unsigned long links_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)];
+	unsigned long links_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WLCORE_MAX_LINKS)];
 	unsigned long roles_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_ROLES)];
 	unsigned long roc_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_ROLES)];
 	unsigned long rate_policies_map[
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct wl1271 {
 	unsigned long klv_templates_map[
 			BITS_TO_LONGS(WLCORE_MAX_KLV_TEMPLATES)];
 
-	u8 session_ids[WL12XX_MAX_LINKS];
+	u8 session_ids[WLCORE_MAX_LINKS];
 
 	struct list_head wlvif_list;
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ struct wl1271 {
 	 * AP-mode - links indexed by HLID. The global and broadcast links
 	 * are always active.
 	 */
-	struct wl1271_link links[WL12XX_MAX_LINKS];
+	struct wl1271_link links[WLCORE_MAX_LINKS];
 
 	/* number of currently active links */
 	int active_link_count;
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ struct wl1271 {
 	u32 num_tx_desc;
 	/* number of RX descriptors the HW supports. */
 	u32 num_rx_desc;
+	/* number of links the HW supports */
+	u8 num_links;
 
 	/* translate HW Tx rates to standard rate-indices */
 	const u8 **band_rate_to_idx;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_i.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_i.h
index 32e1e8b..256d09b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_i.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_i.h
@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@
 #define WL1271_DEFAULT_DTIM_PERIOD 1
 
 #define WL12XX_MAX_ROLES           4
-#define WL12XX_MAX_LINKS           12
 #define WL12XX_INVALID_ROLE_ID     0xff
 #define WL12XX_INVALID_LINK_ID     0xff
 
+/*
+ * max number of links allowed by all HWs.
+ * this is NOT the actual max links supported by the current hw.
+ */
+#define WLCORE_MAX_LINKS 12
+
 /* the driver supports the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands */
 #define WLCORE_NUM_BANDS           2
 
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ struct wl_fw_status {
 
 		/*
 		 * Cumulative counter of freed packets per HLID
-		 * (length of the array is WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)
+		 * (length of the array is wl->num_links)
 		 */
 		u8 *tx_lnk_free_pkts;
 
@@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ struct wl12xx_vif {
 
 			/* HLIDs bitmap of associated stations */
 			unsigned long sta_hlid_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(
-							WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)];
+							WLCORE_MAX_LINKS)];
 
 			/* recoreded keys - set here before AP startup */
 			struct wl1271_ap_key *recorded_keys[MAX_NUM_KEYS];
@@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ struct wl12xx_vif {
 	/* counters of packets per AC, across all links in the vif */
 	int tx_queue_count[NUM_TX_QUEUES];
 
-	unsigned long links_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WL12XX_MAX_LINKS)];
+	unsigned long links_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(WLCORE_MAX_LINKS)];
 
 	u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN + 1];
 	u8 ssid_len;
