diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index 794785eb54e1e98e81d703b321e750f9d0f493dc..2291b10bf1d16949a75c0b5adac33bd55cc757ef 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ int _rtw_init_recv_priv(struct recv_priv *precvpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 	precvframe = (union recv_frame *)precvpriv->precv_frame_buf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_RECVFRAME; i++) {
-		_rtw_init_listhead(&(precvframe->u.list));
+		_rtw_init_listhead(&(precvframe->u.hdr.list));
 
-		rtw_list_insert_tail(&(precvframe->u.list), &(precvpriv->free_recv_queue.queue));
+		rtw_list_insert_tail(&(precvframe->u.hdr.list),
+				     &(precvpriv->free_recv_queue.queue));
 
 		res = rtw_os_recv_resource_alloc(padapter, precvframe);
 
@@ -1485,7 +1486,7 @@ static union recv_frame *recvframe_defrag(struct adapter *adapter, struct __queu
 	plist = phead->next;
 	pfhdr = container_of(plist, struct recv_frame_hdr, list);
 	prframe = (union recv_frame *)pfhdr;
-	rtw_list_delete(&(prframe->u.list));
+	rtw_list_delete(&(prframe->u.hdr.list));
 
 	if (curfragnum != pfhdr->attrib.frag_num) {
 		/* the first fragment number must be 0 */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index be9c30c574198afceab9d01365d743939efdba3a..866c9e47011d97791ecbfc1e3bdf4fa595d8c255 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ struct recv_frame_hdr {
 
 union recv_frame {
 	union {
-		struct list_head list;
 		struct recv_frame_hdr hdr;
 		uint mem[RECVFRAME_HDR_ALIGN>>2];
 	} u;