diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
index f06f4cbe1317..725e954d8475 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ static int iwl_init_channel_map(struct device *dev, const struct iwl_cfg *cfg,
 
 	for (ch_idx = 0; ch_idx < IWL_NUM_CHANNELS; ch_idx++) {
 		ch_flags = __le16_to_cpup(nvm_ch_flags + ch_idx);
+
+		if (ch_idx >= NUM_2GHZ_CHANNELS &&
+		    !data->sku_cap_band_52GHz_enable)
+			ch_flags &= ~NVM_CHANNEL_VALID;
+
 		if (!(ch_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_VALID)) {
 			IWL_DEBUG_EEPROM(dev,
 					 "Ch. %d Flags %x [%sGHz] - No traffic\n",