{ .center_freq = 2412},
 };
 
+static struct ieee80211_supported_band wbsoft_band_2GHz = {
+       .channels       = wbsoft_channels,
+       .n_channels     = ARRAY_SIZE(wbsoft_channels),
+       .bitrates       = wbsoft_rates,
+       .n_bitrates     = ARRAY_SIZE(wbsoft_rates),
+};
+
 int wbsoft_enabled;
 struct ieee80211_hw *my_dev;
 struct wb35_adapter * my_adapter;
        struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
        struct wbsoft_priv *priv;
        struct ieee80211_hw *dev;
-       static struct ieee80211_supported_band band;
        int err;
 
        usb_get_dev(udev);
        dev->channel_change_time = 1000;
        dev->queues = 1;
 
-       band.channels = wbsoft_channels;
-       band.n_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(wbsoft_channels);
-       band.bitrates = wbsoft_rates;
-       band.n_bitrates = ARRAY_SIZE(wbsoft_rates);
+       dev->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &wbsoft_band_2GHz;
 
-       dev->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &band;
        err = ieee80211_register_hw(dev);
        if (err)
                goto error_free_hw;