diff --git a/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy-operating-channel.cc b/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy-operating-channel.cc
index 9c5f68ee0..30c1c40b2 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy-operating-channel.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy-operating-channel.cc
@@ -708,12 +708,9 @@ WifiPhyOperatingChannel::GetSecondaryChannelCenterFrequency(
     // we assume here that all segments have the same width
     const auto segmentWidth = GetWidth(segmentIndex);
     const auto segmentOffset = (segmentIndex * (segmentWidth / secondaryChannelWidth));
-    const auto primaryChannelIndex = GetPrimaryChannelIndex(secondaryChannelWidth);
-    const auto primaryCenterFrequency =
-        GetFrequency(segmentIndex) - segmentWidth / 2. +
-        (primaryChannelIndex - segmentOffset + 0.5) * secondaryChannelWidth;
-    return (primaryChannelIndex % 2 == 0) ? (primaryCenterFrequency + secondaryChannelWidth)
-                                          : (primaryCenterFrequency - secondaryChannelWidth);
+    return GetFrequency(segmentIndex) - segmentWidth / 2. +
+           (GetSecondaryChannelIndex(secondaryChannelWidth) - segmentOffset + 0.5) *
+               secondaryChannelWidth;
 }
 
 uint8_t