diff --git a/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c b/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
index 153b27137..11f25b061 100644
--- a/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
+++ b/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * hostapd / IEEE 802.1X-2004 Authenticator
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2012, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ void ieee802_1x_new_station(struct hostapd_data *hapd, struct sta_info *sta)
 		sta->eapol_sm->auth_pae_state = AUTH_PAE_AUTHENTICATING;
 		sta->eapol_sm->be_auth_state = BE_AUTH_SUCCESS;
 		sta->eapol_sm->authSuccess = TRUE;
+		sta->eapol_sm->authFail = FALSE;
 		if (sta->eapol_sm->eap)
 			eap_sm_notify_cached(sta->eapol_sm->eap);
 		/* TODO: get vlan_id from R0KH using RRB message */
@@ -939,6 +940,7 @@ void ieee802_1x_new_station(struct hostapd_data *hapd, struct sta_info *sta)
 		sta->eapol_sm->auth_pae_state = AUTH_PAE_AUTHENTICATING;
 		sta->eapol_sm->be_auth_state = BE_AUTH_SUCCESS;
 		sta->eapol_sm->authSuccess = TRUE;
+		sta->eapol_sm->authFail = FALSE;
 		if (sta->eapol_sm->eap)
 			eap_sm_notify_cached(sta->eapol_sm->eap);
 		old_vlanid = sta->vlan_id;