diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 603fcd921bd2..214eee6105c7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4421,10 +4421,7 @@ static void get_key_callback(void *c, struct key_params *params)
 	struct nlattr *key;
 	struct get_key_cookie *cookie = c;
 
-	if ((params->key &&
-	     nla_put(cookie->msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_DATA,
-		     params->key_len, params->key)) ||
-	    (params->seq &&
+	if ((params->seq &&
 	     nla_put(cookie->msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ,
 		     params->seq_len, params->seq)) ||
 	    (params->cipher &&
@@ -4436,10 +4433,7 @@ static void get_key_callback(void *c, struct key_params *params)
 	if (!key)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if ((params->key &&
-	     nla_put(cookie->msg, NL80211_KEY_DATA,
-		     params->key_len, params->key)) ||
-	    (params->seq &&
+	if ((params->seq &&
 	     nla_put(cookie->msg, NL80211_KEY_SEQ,
 		     params->seq_len, params->seq)) ||
 	    (params->cipher &&