diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index 9183f1cf89a7..55db9f03eb2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -2699,16 +2698,7 @@ static int atmel_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 		domain[REGDOMAINSZ] = 0;
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(channel_table); i++) {
-			/* strcasecmp doesn't exist in the library */
-			char *a = channel_table[i].name;
-			char *b = domain;
-			while (*a) {
-				char c1 = *a++;
-				char c2 = *b++;
-				if (tolower(c1) != tolower(c2))
-					break;
-			}
-			if (!*a && !*b) {
+			if (!strcasecmp(channel_table[i].name, domain)) {
 				priv->config_reg_domain = channel_table[i].reg_domain;
 				rc = 0;
 			}