diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index c70c677b3f73b7746e60eeb5fbfb5decf15ea2d8..f536ff1b5c4708c491384b1470336c4f9cd9fca2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,21 @@ static void rt2500usb_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 0, word);
 }
 
+static int rt2500usb_get_tx_data_len(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				     int maxpacket, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int length;
+
+	/*
+	 * The length _must_ be a multiple of 2,
+	 * but it must _not_ be a multiple of the USB packet size.
+	 */
+	length = roundup(skb->len, 2);
+	length += (2 * !(length % maxpacket));
+
+	return length;
+}
+
 /*
  * TX data initialization
  */
@@ -1653,6 +1668,8 @@ static int rt2500usb_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	    rt2x00lib_get_ring(rt2x00dev, IEEE80211_TX_QUEUE_BEACON);
 	struct data_entry *beacon;
 	struct data_entry *guardian;
+	int pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1);
+	int max_packet = usb_maxpacket(usb_dev, pipe, 1);
 	int length;
 
 	/*
@@ -1679,16 +1696,9 @@ static int rt2500usb_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 							 ring->desc_size),
 				skb->len - ring->desc_size, control);
 
-	/*
-	 * Length passed to usb_fill_urb cannot be an odd number,
-	 * so add 1 byte to make it even.
-	 */
-	length = skb->len;
-	if (length % 2)
-		length++;
+	length = rt2500usb_get_tx_data_len(rt2x00dev, max_packet, skb);
 
-	usb_fill_bulk_urb(beacon->priv, usb_dev,
-			  usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1),
+	usb_fill_bulk_urb(beacon->priv, usb_dev, pipe,
 			  skb->data, length, rt2500usb_beacondone, beacon);
 
 	beacon->skb = skb;
@@ -1699,8 +1709,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * the 'flags' field we are not using for beacons.
 	 */
 	guardian->flags = 0;
-	usb_fill_bulk_urb(guardian->priv, usb_dev,
-			  usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1),
+	usb_fill_bulk_urb(guardian->priv, usb_dev, pipe,
 			  &guardian->flags, 1, rt2500usb_beacondone, guardian);
 
 	/*
@@ -1741,6 +1750,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt2500usb_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.link_tuner		= rt2500usb_link_tuner,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt2500usb_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_tx_data		= rt2x00usb_write_tx_data,
+	.get_tx_data_len	= rt2500usb_get_tx_data_len,
 	.kick_tx_queue		= rt2500usb_kick_tx_queue,
 	.fill_rxdone		= rt2500usb_fill_rxdone,
 	.config_mac_addr	= rt2500usb_config_mac_addr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 27bec6ec33dfbb2556ff936aca8ef2396c00b427..a392e2a9d087a24314937664f5d2ca45576f6924 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ struct rt2x00lib_ops {
 	int (*write_tx_data) (struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 			      struct data_ring *ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct ieee80211_tx_control *control);
+	int (*get_tx_data_len) (struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, int maxpacket,
+				struct sk_buff *skb);
 	void (*kick_tx_queue) (struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 			       unsigned int queue);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 66e47615f2a66ceeb9ccbff87ac8745a25399e19..73cc726c4046724f01f6e5b9e1b88b5eaf8dc0d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -157,9 +157,10 @@ int rt2x00usb_write_tx_data(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev =
 	    interface_to_usbdev(rt2x00dev_usb(rt2x00dev));
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *ieee80211hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	struct data_entry *entry = rt2x00_get_data_entry(ring);
-	u32 length = skb->len;
+	int pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1);
+	int max_packet = usb_maxpacket(usb_dev, pipe, 1);
+	u32 length;
 
 	if (rt2x00_ring_full(ring)) {
 		ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, control->queue);
@@ -178,25 +179,29 @@ int rt2x00usb_write_tx_data(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	/*
 	 * Add the descriptor in front of the skb.
 	 */
-	skb_push(skb, rt2x00dev->hw->extra_tx_headroom);
-	memset(skb->data, 0x00, rt2x00dev->hw->extra_tx_headroom);
+	skb_push(skb, ring->desc_size);
+	memset(skb->data, 0, ring->desc_size);
 
 	rt2x00lib_write_tx_desc(rt2x00dev, (struct data_desc *)skb->data,
-				ieee80211hdr, length, control);
+				(struct ieee80211_hdr *)(skb->data +
+							 ring->desc_size),
+				skb->len - ring->desc_size, control);
 	memcpy(&entry->tx_status.control, control, sizeof(*control));
 	entry->skb = skb;
 
 	/*
-	 * Length passed to usb_fill_urb cannot be an odd number,
-	 * so add 1 byte to make it even.
+	 * USB devices cannot blindly pass the skb->len as the
+	 * length of the data to usb_fill_bulk_urb. Pass the skb
+	 * to the driver to determine what the length should be.
 	 */
-	length += rt2x00dev->hw->extra_tx_headroom;
-	if (length % 2)
-		length++;
+	length = rt2x00dev->ops->lib->get_tx_data_len(rt2x00dev,
+						      max_packet, skb);
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize URB and send the frame to the device.
+	 */
 	__set_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_NIC, &entry->flags);
-	usb_fill_bulk_urb(entry->priv, usb_dev,
-			  usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1),
+	usb_fill_bulk_urb(entry->priv, usb_dev, pipe,
 			  skb->data, length, rt2x00usb_interrupt_txdone, entry);
 	usb_submit_urb(entry->priv, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 919cca593bc193a1923776464ab5e94f23266d72..4a78ca79c94a1672db848ff1b02ea66c90f8ebf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,21 @@ static void rt73usb_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 0, word);
 }
 
+static int rt73usb_get_tx_data_len(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				   int maxpacket, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int length;
+
+	/*
+	 * The length _must_ be a multiple of 4,
+	 * but it must _not_ be a multiple of the USB packet size.
+	 */
+	length = roundup(skb->len, 4);
+	length += (4 * !(length % maxpacket));
+
+	return length;
+}
+
 /*
  * TX data initialization
  */
@@ -2012,6 +2027,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt73usb_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.link_tuner		= rt73usb_link_tuner,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt73usb_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_tx_data		= rt2x00usb_write_tx_data,
+	.get_tx_data_len	= rt73usb_get_tx_data_len,
 	.kick_tx_queue		= rt73usb_kick_tx_queue,
 	.fill_rxdone		= rt73usb_fill_rxdone,
 	.config_mac_addr	= rt73usb_config_mac_addr,