diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index e68500b..763a84e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -323,13 +323,8 @@
 		/* Strip header, count, deliver upward */
 		skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
-		/* Process special event packets and then discard them */
-		brcmf_fweh_process_skb(drvr, skb, &ifidx);
-
-		if (drvr->iflist[ifidx]) {
-			ifp = drvr->iflist[ifidx];
-			ifp->ndev->last_rx = jiffies;
-		}
+		/* Process special event packets */
+		brcmf_fweh_process_skb(drvr, skb);
 
 		if (!(ifp->ndev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
 			brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
index 51ba13d..5a64280 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
@@ -407,13 +407,12 @@
  *
  * @drvr: driver information object.
  * @event_packet: event packet to process.
- * @ifidx: index of the firmware interface (may change).
  *
  * If the packet buffer contains a firmware event message it will
  * dispatch the event to a registered handler (using worker).
  */
 void brcmf_fweh_process_event(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
-			      struct brcmf_event *event_packet, u8 *ifidx)
+			      struct brcmf_event *event_packet)
 {
 	enum brcmf_fweh_event_code code;
 	struct brcmf_fweh_info *fweh = &drvr->fweh;
@@ -425,7 +424,6 @@
 	/* get event info */
 	code = get_unaligned_be32(&event_packet->msg.event_type);
 	datalen = get_unaligned_be32(&event_packet->msg.datalen);
-	*ifidx = event_packet->msg.ifidx;
 	data = &event_packet[1];
 
 	if (code >= BRCMF_E_LAST)
@@ -442,7 +440,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	event->code = code;
-	event->ifidx = *ifidx;
+	event->ifidx = event_packet->msg.ifidx;
 
 	/* use memcpy to get aligned event message */
 	memcpy(&event->emsg, &event_packet->msg, sizeof(event->emsg));
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.h b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.h
index 8c39b51..6ec5db9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.h
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@
 			   enum brcmf_fweh_event_code code);
 int brcmf_fweh_activate_events(struct brcmf_if *ifp);
 void brcmf_fweh_process_event(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
-			      struct brcmf_event *event_packet, u8 *ifidx);
+			      struct brcmf_event *event_packet);
 
 static inline void brcmf_fweh_process_skb(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
-					  struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *ifidx)
+					  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct brcmf_event *event_packet;
 	u8 *data;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 	if (usr_stype != BCMILCP_BCM_SUBTYPE_EVENT)
 		return;
 
-	brcmf_fweh_process_event(drvr, event_packet, ifidx);
+	brcmf_fweh_process_event(drvr, event_packet);
 }
 
 #endif /* FWEH_H_ */