diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index be0dfc169f1ba84a2428e2650ac1828f778f6d38..0c8b338dc6d3dbc0cb2e30d89aceba433079e7af 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 
 	auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm;
 
-	ptr = get_recvframe_data(precv_frame);
+	ptr = precv_frame->rx_data;
 	pfhdr = precv_frame;
 	pattrib = &pfhdr->attrib;
 	psta_addr = pattrib->ta;
@@ -1440,11 +1440,9 @@ static int wlanhdr_to_ethhdr(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
 	int ret = _SUCCESS;
 	struct adapter		*adapter = precvframe->adapter;
 	struct mlme_priv	*pmlmepriv = &adapter->mlmepriv;
-
-	u8	*ptr = get_recvframe_data(precvframe); /*  point to frame_ctrl field */
+	u8 *ptr = precvframe->rx_data;
 	struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib = &precvframe->attrib;
 
-
 	if (pattrib->encrypt)
 		recvframe_pull_tail(precvframe, pattrib->icv_len);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rxdesc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rxdesc.c
index f29bb79a757bcd4e2a03c61b3af163ddc720844a..43eb960e4e0bd65d3cc3ecd229e21a0cb18f7099 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rxdesc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rxdesc.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void update_recvframe_phyinfo_88e(struct recv_frame *precvframe,
 	pkt_info.bPacketToSelf = false;
 	pkt_info.bPacketBeacon = false;
 
-	wlanhdr = get_recvframe_data(precvframe);
+	wlanhdr = precvframe->rx_data;
 
 	pkt_info.bPacketMatchBSSID = ((!IsFrameTypeCtrl(wlanhdr)) &&
 		!pattrib->icv_err && !pattrib->crc_err &&
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index 1f4d98439df2527c38b29fe7d0e791c9b5bb8fa5..bcbce46cec85020d3bafbf2545597fd96a095166 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -321,15 +321,6 @@ static inline u8 *get_rx_status(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
 	return get_rxmem(precvframe);
 }
 
-static inline u8 *get_recvframe_data(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
-{
-	/* always return rx_data */
-	if (precvframe == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return precvframe->rx_data;
-}
-
 static inline u8 *recvframe_push(struct recv_frame *precvframe, int sz)
 {
 	/*  append data before rx_data */