diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
index ce538814b9bdfc1ee360777eba6758b1b2979408..6aaf1ecbcb63807247de44893eb03247f73d2dc1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ enum mesh_path_flags {
  * 	retry
  * @discovery_retries: number of discovery retries
  * @flags: mesh path flags, as specified on &enum mesh_path_flags
- * @state_lock: mesh pat state lock
+ * @state_lock: mesh path state lock
  *
  *
  * The combination of dst and sdata is unique in the mesh path table. Since the
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index e1a763ea1e39c3670ee04b4d252d78d1a67d45fa..b54c21cf5f73cd0a05e132ed0153ed7c28fc86a5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -810,10 +810,8 @@ int mesh_nexthop_lookup(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 
 		if (skb_queue_len(&mpath->frame_queue) >=
-				MESH_FRAME_QUEUE_LEN) {
-			skb_to_free = mpath->frame_queue.next;
-			skb_unlink(skb_to_free, &mpath->frame_queue);
-		}
+				MESH_FRAME_QUEUE_LEN)
+			skb_to_free = skb_dequeue(&mpath->frame_queue);
 
 		info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING;
 		skb_queue_tail(&mpath->frame_queue, skb);