diff --git a/mmrc-submodule/src/core/mmrc.c b/mmrc-submodule/src/core/mmrc.c
index 808974c..aab96a1 100644
--- a/mmrc-submodule/src/core/mmrc.c
+++ b/mmrc-submodule/src/core/mmrc.c
@@ -884,8 +884,17 @@ void mmrc_get_rates(struct mmrc_table *tb,
 				((tb->last_lookaround_cycle + LOOKAROUND_MAX_RC_CYCLES) <=
 					 tb->cycle_cnt));
 
-	/* Also skip sampling if we don't yet have data for our best rate */
-	if (tb->table[tb->best_tp.index].evidence == 0)
+	/* Also skip sampling if we don't yet have data for our best rate.
+	 * Exception: when the periodic forced lookaround is due. On links
+	 * carrying fewer than min_stats unicast frames per RC cycle, the
+	 * best-rate row can never accumulate evidence, so an unconditional
+	 * veto here permanently disables all sampling and the table freezes
+	 * at whatever rate it last converged to (observed in the field as
+	 * links latched at MCS0 with -40 dBm signal until re-association).
+	 */
+	if (tb->table[tb->best_tp.index].evidence == 0 &&
+	    (tb->last_lookaround_cycle + LOOKAROUND_MAX_RC_CYCLES) >
+			tb->cycle_cnt)
 		is_lookaround = false;
 
 	if (tb->lookaround_wrap != LOOKAROUND_RATE_STABLE) {
@@ -1227,7 +1236,7 @@ void mmrc_update(struct mmrc_table *tb)
 	 */
 	if (tb->lookaround_wrap != LOOKAROUND_RATE_INIT &&
 	    (tb->unconverged ||
-	     (tb->best_tp.bw == MMRC_BW_1MHZ && tb->best_tp.rate <= MMRC_MCS2))) {
+	     tb->best_tp.rate <= MMRC_MCS2)) {
 		tb->lookaround_cnt = 0;
 		tb->lookaround_wrap = LOOKAROUND_RATE_INIT;
 		tb->stability_cnt_threshold = STABILITY_CNT_THRESHOLD_INIT;