diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
index fad71f490313..d79d5453c2dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014, 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014, 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
  * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
  * Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
  */
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void iwl_init_vht_hw_capab(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 		num_tx_ants = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (num_tx_ants > 1)
+	if (trans->cfg->ht_params->stbc && num_tx_ants > 1)
 		vht_cap->cap |= IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_TXSTBC;
 	else
 		vht_cap->cap |= IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_TX_ANTENNA_PATTERN;