diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index aa6dfb811c7181bf861b04b7e35c062820581831..181a146b4768e229f43d70df03878777c8698b73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ static void rt2500pci_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_IFS, txdesc->ifs);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_RETRY_MODE,
 			   test_bit(ENTRY_TXD_RETRY_MODE, &txdesc->flags));
+	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_DATABYTE_COUNT, skb->len);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_CIPHER_ALG, CIPHER_NONE);
 	rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 0, word);
 }