diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index 0f494444bcd1d90b457b927d704bf77abe0592ca..8707d1a94995c740d11a5b6cd3dd5d4849616f53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -688,8 +688,6 @@ static void _rtl_receive_one(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		rtlpriv->stats.rxbytesunicast += skb->len;
 	}
 
-	rtl_is_special_data(hw, skb, false);
-
 	if (ieee80211_is_data(fc)) {
 		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->led_control(hw, LED_CTL_RX);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
index 6e2b5c5c83c8d21234ee013c802d7af317f6db8c..ec385e46d560c65041d7b4a76b1b4a38fb33ea9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -475,8 +475,6 @@ static void _rtl_usb_rx_process_agg(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			rtlpriv->stats.rxbytesunicast +=  skb->len;
 		}
 
-		rtl_is_special_data(hw, skb, false);
-
 		if (ieee80211_is_data(fc)) {
 			rtlpriv->cfg->ops->led_control(hw, LED_CTL_RX);
 
@@ -517,8 +515,6 @@ static void _rtl_usb_rx_process_noagg(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			rtlpriv->stats.rxbytesunicast +=  skb->len;
 		}
 
-		rtl_is_special_data(hw, skb, false);
-
 		if (ieee80211_is_data(fc)) {
 			rtlpriv->cfg->ops->led_control(hw, LED_CTL_RX);