diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 25904af38839a202dc2c65b0b0f9864b277dc81c..5decd0fb247c75d0f51e5f1f6f659280276807b5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ void ieee80211_xmit(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 {
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
 	int headroom;
 	bool may_encrypt;