diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 7a7a6c1..7912eb1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -396,8 +396,10 @@
 	 */
 	if (params->interval) {
 		sdata->local->hw.conf.beacon_int = params->interval;
-		ieee80211_hw_config(sdata->local,
-				    IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_BEACON_INTERVAL);
+		err = ieee80211_hw_config(sdata->local,
+					IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_BEACON_INTERVAL);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
 		/*
 		 * We updated some parameter so if below bails out
 		 * it's not an error.
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 29c3ecf..df7e9a8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -243,10 +243,20 @@
 	if (changed && local->open_count) {
 		ret = local->ops->config(local_to_hw(local), changed);
 		/*
+		 * Goal:
 		 * HW reconfiguration should never fail, the driver has told
 		 * us what it can support so it should live up to that promise.
+		 *
+		 * Current status:
+		 * rfkill is not integrated with mac80211 and a
+		 * configuration command can thus fail if hardware rfkill
+		 * is enabled
+		 *
+		 * FIXME: integrate rfkill with mac80211 and then add this
+		 * WARN_ON() back
+		 *
 		 */
-		WARN_ON(ret);
+		/* WARN_ON(ret); */
 	}
 
 	return ret;