diff --git a/feeds/wifi-ax/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh b/feeds/wifi-ax/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
index b0d00271c..545eb9c59 100644
--- a/feeds/wifi-ax/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
+++ b/feeds/wifi-ax/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mac80211_hostapd_setup_base() {
 
 	json_select config
 
-	[ "$auto_channel" -gt 0 ] && channel=acs_survey
+	[ "$auto_channel" -gt 0 ] && channel=0
 
 	[ "$auto_channel" -gt 0 ] && json_get_vars acs_exclude_dfs
 	[ -n "$acs_exclude_dfs" ] && [ "$acs_exclude_dfs" -gt 0 ] &&