diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
index fb4509032402579e66934fbd4650bab215e40306..95ccbadbf55b49cd2809ccd6b4d11ed510c7f8e9 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int ieee80211_tx_frame(struct ieee80211_device *ieee,
 	/* When we allocate the TXB we allocate enough space for the reserve
 	 * and full fragment bytes (bytes_per_frag doesn't include prefix,
 	 * postfix, header, FCS, etc.) */
-	txb = ieee80211_alloc_txb(1, len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	txb = ieee80211_alloc_txb(1, len, ieee->tx_headroom, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!txb)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Could not allocate TXB\n",
 		       ieee->dev->name);