diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index da3a837565a3dc29fe4b7322b0b840dd91dfbd2f..c83478271c2e03788f5d5e731923966f29131a5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -3189,16 +3189,16 @@ struct element {
 	u8 id;
 	u8 datalen;
 	u8 data[];
-};
+} __packed;
 
 /* element iteration helpers */
-#define for_each_element(element, _data, _datalen)			\
-	for (element = (void *)(_data);					\
-	     (u8 *)(_data) + (_datalen) - (u8 *)element >=		\
-		sizeof(*element) &&					\
-	     (u8 *)(_data) + (_datalen) - (u8 *)element >=		\
-		sizeof(*element) + element->datalen;			\
-	     element = (void *)(element->data + element->datalen))
+#define for_each_element(_elem, _data, _datalen)			\
+	for (_elem = (const struct element *)(_data);			\
+	     (const u8 *)(_data) + (_datalen) - (const u8 *)_elem >=	\
+		(int)sizeof(*_elem) &&					\
+	     (const u8 *)(_data) + (_datalen) - (const u8 *)_elem >=	\
+		(int)sizeof(*_elem) + _elem->datalen;			\
+	     _elem = (const struct element *)(_elem->data + _elem->datalen))
 
 #define for_each_element_id(element, _id, data, datalen)		\
 	for_each_element(element, data, datalen)			\
@@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ struct element {
 static inline bool for_each_element_completed(const struct element *element,
 					      const void *data, size_t datalen)
 {
-	return (u8 *)element == (u8 *)data + datalen;
+	return (const u8 *)element == (const u8 *)data + datalen;
 }
 
 #endif /* LINUX_IEEE80211_H */