diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 667a73d6eb5cf2689b5874f47facc79deba99f86..1aac5e3c7eeeadf4060f93c247d456941d659ea7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -3208,9 +3208,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_amsdu_aggregate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (skb->len + head->len > max_amsdu_len)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!ieee80211_amsdu_prepare_head(sdata, fast_tx, head))
-		goto out;
-
 	nfrags = 1 + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 	nfrags += 1 + skb_shinfo(head)->nr_frags;
 	frag_tail = &skb_shinfo(head)->frag_list;
@@ -3226,6 +3223,9 @@ static bool ieee80211_amsdu_aggregate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (max_frags && nfrags > max_frags)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (!ieee80211_amsdu_prepare_head(sdata, fast_tx, head))
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * Pad out the previous subframe to a multiple of 4 by adding the
 	 * padding to the next one, that's being added. Note that head->len