diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
index c24ce3981b2..07cc8ed1c3e 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
@@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@ ieee80211_send_mgmt(struct ieee80211_node *ni, int type, int arg)
 		}
 
 		frm = ieee80211_add_wpa(frm, vap);
-		if ((ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_WME) &&
+		if ((vap->iv_flags & IEEE80211_F_WME) &&
 		    ni->ni_ies.wme_ie != NULL)
 			frm = ieee80211_add_wme_info(frm, &ic->ic_wme, ni);