diff --git a/mt7996/init.c b/mt7996/init.c
index e297e7cb..de090416 100644
--- a/mt7996/init.c
+++ b/mt7996/init.c
@@ -732,16 +732,17 @@ mt7996_init_eht_caps(struct mt7996_phy *phy, enum nl80211_band band,
 		IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP0_SU_BEAMFORMER |
 		IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP0_SU_BEAMFORMEE;
 
+	val = max_t(u8, sts - 1, 3);
 	eht_cap_elem->phy_cap_info[0] |=
-		u8_encode_bits(u8_get_bits(sts - 1, BIT(0)),
+		u8_encode_bits(u8_get_bits(val, BIT(0)),
 			       IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP0_BEAMFORMEE_SS_80MHZ_MASK);
 
 	eht_cap_elem->phy_cap_info[1] =
-		u8_encode_bits(u8_get_bits(sts - 1, GENMASK(2, 1)),
+		u8_encode_bits(u8_get_bits(val, GENMASK(2, 1)),
 			       IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP1_BEAMFORMEE_SS_80MHZ_MASK) |
-		u8_encode_bits(sts - 1,
+		u8_encode_bits(val,
 			       IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP1_BEAMFORMEE_SS_160MHZ_MASK) |
-		u8_encode_bits(sts - 1,
+		u8_encode_bits(val,
 			       IEEE80211_EHT_PHY_CAP1_BEAMFORMEE_SS_320MHZ_MASK);
 
 	eht_cap_elem->phy_cap_info[2] =