diff --git a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
index 603f570a8..0f616a864 100644
--- a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
+++ b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if [ "$interface" = "wlan0" ]; then
             echo "frequency is $result for carrier"
             if [ $result -lt 13 ]; then
                 FREQ2=$result
+            else
+                syslog info "50-iiab channel $FREQ2 is 5Ghz NOT CHANGING HOSTAPD"
             fi
         done
         echo "Using $FREQ2 for carrier"