--- a/mt7996/eeprom.c	2025-02-05 13:26:55.549648005 +0100
--- b/mt7996/eeprom.c	2025-02-05 13:28:51.306731363 +0100
@@ -368,7 +368,15 @@
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
-	}
+
+		/* read tx_power values from fw */
+		u8 *eeprom = dev->mt76.eeprom.data;
+		if (!eeprom[MT_EE_TX0_POWER_2G] || !eeprom[MT_EE_TX0_POWER_5G] || !eeprom[MT_EE_TX0_POWER_6G] ) {
+			use_default = true;
+			goto out;
+		}	
+
+}
 
 out:
 	return mt7996_eeprom_check_or_use_default(dev, use_default);