diff --git a/mt76.h b/mt76.h
index cfef2474..034ab90c 100644
--- a/mt76.h
+++ b/mt76.h
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ struct mt76_vif {
 	u8 wmm_idx;
 	u8 scan_seq_num;
 	u8 cipher;
+	u8 basic_rates_idx;
+	u8 mcast_rates_idx;
+	u8 beacon_rates_idx;
 };
 
 struct mt76_phy {
diff --git a/mt7996/mac.c b/mt7996/mac.c
index c2f78e54..ed4d9f21 100644
--- a/mt7996/mac.c
+++ b/mt7996/mac.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ void mt7996_mac_write_txwi(struct mt7996_dev *dev, __le32 *txwi,
 {
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_vif *vif = info->control.vif;
-	struct mt7996_vif *mvif;
+	struct mt76_vif *mvif;
 	struct mt76_phy *mphy = &dev->mphy;
 	u8 band_idx = (info->hw_queue & MT_TX_HW_QUEUE_PHY) >> 2;
 	u8 p_fmt, q_idx, omac_idx = 0, wmm_idx = 0;
@@ -1021,11 +1021,11 @@ void mt7996_mac_write_txwi(struct mt7996_dev *dev, __le32 *txwi,
 	bool inband_disc = !!(changed & (BSS_CHANGED_UNSOL_BCAST_PROBE_RESP |
 					 BSS_CHANGED_FILS_DISCOVERY));
 
-	mvif = vif ? (struct mt7996_vif *)vif->drv_priv : NULL;
+	mvif = vif ? (struct mt76_vif *)vif->drv_priv : NULL;
 	if (mvif) {
-		omac_idx = mvif->mt76.omac_idx;
-		wmm_idx = mvif->mt76.wmm_idx;
-		band_idx = mvif->mt76.band_idx;
+		omac_idx = mvif->omac_idx;
+		wmm_idx = mvif->wmm_idx;
+		band_idx = mvif->band_idx;
 	}
 
 	mphy = mt76_dev_phy(&dev->mt76, band_idx);
diff --git a/mt7996/main.c b/mt7996/main.c
index 54858cfc..c3a479dc 100644
--- a/mt7996/main.c
+++ b/mt7996/main.c
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ static int mt7996_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	vif->offload_flags |= IEEE80211_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_4ADDR;
 
 	if (phy->mt76->chandef.chan->band != NL80211_BAND_2GHZ)
-		mvif->basic_rates_idx = MT7996_BASIC_RATES_TBL + 4;
+		mvif->mt76.basic_rates_idx = MT7996_BASIC_RATES_TBL + 4;
 	else
-		mvif->basic_rates_idx = MT7996_BASIC_RATES_TBL;
+		mvif->mt76.basic_rates_idx = MT7996_BASIC_RATES_TBL;
 
 	mt7996_init_bitrate_mask(vif);
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static u8
 mt7996_get_rates_table(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 		       bool beacon, bool mcast)
 {
-	struct mt7996_vif *mvif = (struct mt7996_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
+	struct mt76_vif *mvif = (struct mt76_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
 	struct mt76_phy *mphy = hw->priv;
 	u16 rate;
 	u8 i, idx, ht;
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ mt7996_get_rates_table(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 		struct mt7996_dev *dev = mt7996_hw_dev(hw);
 
 		/* must odd index */
-		idx = MT7996_BEACON_RATES_TBL + 2 * (mvif->mt76.idx % 20);
+		idx = MT7996_BEACON_RATES_TBL + 2 * (mvif->idx % 20);
 		mt7996_mac_set_fixed_rate_table(dev, idx, rate);
 		return idx;
 	}
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void mt7996_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				    struct ieee80211_bss_conf *info,
 				    u64 changed)
 {
-	struct mt7996_vif *mvif = (struct mt7996_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
+	struct mt76_vif *mvif = (struct mt76_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
 	struct mt7996_phy *phy = mt7996_hw_phy(hw);
 	struct mt7996_dev *dev = mt7996_hw_dev(hw);
 
diff --git a/mt7996/mcu.c b/mt7996/mcu.c
index 611f6450..4a30db49 100644
--- a/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static void
 mt7996_mcu_bss_bmc_tlv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 		       struct mt7996_phy *phy)
 {
-	struct mt7996_vif *mvif = (struct mt7996_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
+	struct mt76_vif *mvif = (struct mt76_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
 	struct bss_rate_tlv *bmc;
 	struct cfg80211_chan_def *chandef = &phy->mt76->chandef;
 	enum nl80211_band band = chandef->chan->band;
diff --git a/mt7996/mt7996.h b/mt7996/mt7996.h
index 79cb71c1..726c222e 100644
--- a/mt7996/mt7996.h
+++ b/mt7996/mt7996.h
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ struct mt7996_vif {
 
 	struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params queue_params[IEEE80211_NUM_ACS];
 	struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask bitrate_mask;
-
-	u8 basic_rates_idx;
-	u8 mcast_rates_idx;
-	u8 beacon_rates_idx;
 };
 
 /* crash-dump */