u16 initval;            //FIXME rename?
 
-       /* OFDM address read/write caching for hardware auto-increment. */
-       u16 ofdm_addr;
-       u8 ofdm_valid; /* 0: invalid, 1: read, 2: write */
-
        /* PHY TX errors counter. */
        atomic_t txerr_cnt;
+
+       /* The device does address auto increment for the OFDM tables.
+        * We cache the previously used address here and omit the address
+        * write on the next table access, if possible. */
+       u16 ofdmtab_addr; /* The address currently set in hardware. */
+       enum { /* The last data flow direction. */
+               B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_UNKNOWN = 0,
+               B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_READ,
+               B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_WRITE,
+       } ofdmtab_addr_direction;
 };
 
 /* Data structures for DMA transmission, per 80211 core. */
 
        b43_write16(dev, B43_MMIO_POWERUP_DELAY,
                    dev->dev->bus->chipco.fast_pwrup_delay);
 
-       /* OFDM address caching. */
-       phy->ofdm_valid = 0;
-
-       /* PHY TX errors counter. */
-       atomic_set(&phy->txerr_cnt, B43_PHY_TX_BADNESS_LIMIT);
-
        err = 0;
        b43dbg(dev->wl, "Chip initialized\n");
 out:
        phy->channel = 0xFF;
 
        phy->hardware_power_control = !!modparam_hwpctl;
+
+       /* PHY TX errors counter. */
+       atomic_set(&phy->txerr_cnt, B43_PHY_TX_BADNESS_LIMIT);
+
+       /* OFDM-table address caching. */
+       phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction = B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 static void setup_struct_wldev_for_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
        u16 addr;
 
        addr = table + offset;
-       if (addr - 1 != phy->ofdm_addr || phy->ofdm_valid != 1) {
+       if ((phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction != B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_READ) ||
+           (addr - 1 != phy->ofdmtab_addr)) {
+               /* The hardware has a different address in memory. Update it. */
                b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLECTL, addr);
-               phy->ofdm_valid = 1;
+               phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction = B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_READ;
        }
-       phy->ofdm_addr = addr;
+       phy->ofdmtab_addr = addr;
 
        return b43_phy_read(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEI);
+
+       /* Some compiletime assertions... */
        assert_sizes();
 }
 
        u16 addr;
 
        addr = table + offset;
-       if (addr - 1 != phy->ofdm_addr || phy->ofdm_valid != 2) {
+       if ((phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction != B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_WRITE) ||
+           (addr -1 != phy->ofdmtab_addr)) {
+               /* The hardware has a different address in memory. Update it. */
                b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLECTL, addr);
-               phy->ofdm_valid = 2;
+               phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction = B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_WRITE;
        }
-       phy->ofdm_addr = addr;
+       phy->ofdmtab_addr = addr;
        b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEI, value);
 }
 
        u16 addr;
 
        addr = table + offset;
-       if (addr - 1 != phy->ofdm_addr || phy->ofdm_valid != 1) {
+       if ((phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction != B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_READ) ||
+           (addr - 1 != phy->ofdmtab_addr)) {
+               /* The hardware has a different address in memory. Update it. */
                b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLECTL, addr);
-               phy->ofdm_valid = 1;
+               phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction = B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_READ;
        }
-       phy->ofdm_addr = addr;
+       phy->ofdmtab_addr = addr;
        ret = b43_phy_read(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEQ);
        ret <<= 16;
        ret |= b43_phy_read(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEI);
        u16 addr;
 
        addr = table + offset;
-       if (addr - 1 != phy->ofdm_addr || phy->ofdm_valid != 2) {
+       if ((phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction != B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_WRITE) ||
+           (addr - 1 != phy->ofdmtab_addr)) {
+               /* The hardware has a different address in memory. Update it. */
                b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLECTL, addr);
-               phy->ofdm_valid = 2;
+               phy->ofdmtab_addr_direction = B43_OFDMTAB_DIRECTION_WRITE;
        }
-       phy->ofdm_addr = addr;
+       phy->ofdmtab_addr = addr;
 
        b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEI, value);
+       b43_phy_write(dev, B43_PHY_OTABLEQ, (value >> 16));
 }
 
 u16 b43_gtab_read(struct b43_wldev *dev, u16 table, u16 offset)