diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index cba909c5bc6b..5a1b01db02e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -6212,18 +6212,20 @@ static s32 brcmf_notify_rssi(struct brcmf_if *ifp,
 {
 	struct brcmf_cfg80211_vif *vif = ifp->vif;
 	struct brcmf_rssi_be *info = data;
-	s32 rssi, snr, noise;
+	s32 rssi, snr = 0, noise = 0;
 	s32 low, high, last;
 
-	if (e->datalen < sizeof(*info)) {
+	if (e->datalen >= sizeof(*info)) {
+		rssi = be32_to_cpu(info->rssi);
+		snr = be32_to_cpu(info->snr);
+		noise = be32_to_cpu(info->noise);
+	} else if (e->datalen >= sizeof(rssi)) {
+		rssi = be32_to_cpu(*(__be32 *)data);
+	} else {
 		brcmf_err("insufficient RSSI event data\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	rssi = be32_to_cpu(info->rssi);
-	snr = be32_to_cpu(info->snr);
-	noise = be32_to_cpu(info->noise);
-
 	low = vif->cqm_rssi_low;
 	high = vif->cqm_rssi_high;
 	last = vif->cqm_rssi_last;