* If it's our network, ignore the change, we're already doing it!
         */
        if((sm->associnfo.associating || sm->associated) &&
-          (data->essid.flags && data->essid.length && extra)) {
+          (data->essid.flags && data->essid.length)) {
                /* Get the associating network */
                n = ieee80211softmac_get_network_by_bssid(sm, sm->associnfo.bssid);
-               if(n && n->essid.len == (data->essid.length - 1) &&
+               if(n && n->essid.len == data->essid.length &&
                   !memcmp(n->essid.data, extra, n->essid.len)) {
                        dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Already associating or associated to "MAC_FMT"\n",
                                MAC_ARG(sm->associnfo.bssid));
        sm->associnfo.static_essid = 0;
        sm->associnfo.assoc_wait = 0;
 
-       if (data->essid.flags && data->essid.length && extra /*required?*/) {
-               length = min(data->essid.length - 1, IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
+       if (data->essid.flags && data->essid.length) {
+               length = min((int)data->essid.length, IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
                if (length) {
                        memcpy(sm->associnfo.req_essid.data, extra, length);
                        sm->associnfo.static_essid = 1;