u8 iwl3945_hw_find_station(struct iwl3945_priv *priv, const u8 *addr)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i, start = IWL_AP_ID;
        int ret = IWL_INVALID_STATION;
        unsigned long flags;
 
+       if ((priv->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) ||
+           (priv->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP))
+               start = IWL_STA_ID;
+
+       if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(addr))
+               return priv->hw_setting.bcast_sta_id;
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_lock, flags);
-       for (i = IWL_STA_ID; i < priv->hw_setting.max_stations; i++)
+       for (i = start; i < priv->hw_setting.max_stations; i++)
                if ((priv->stations[i].used) &&
                    (!compare_ether_addr
                     (priv->stations[i].sta.sta.addr, addr))) {