diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c
index 8c0f07f56149bf07ea2208e7dace8ad542baf7ef..12a9808c45e82dcad2f89acda18132fc59411378 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ int iwlagn_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	memset(dev_cmd, 0, sizeof(*dev_cmd));
 	tx_cmd = (struct iwl_tx_cmd *) dev_cmd->payload;
 
-	/* Copy MAC header from skb into command buffer */
-	memcpy(tx_cmd->hdr, hdr, hdr_len);
-
 	/* Total # bytes to be transmitted */
 	len = (u16)skb->len;
 	tx_cmd->len = cpu_to_le16(len);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
index b78ac65b277941526018f640681623e8f10d2a26..781f6aa81df952aee1c4adc99f53ffeb70ce2f78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
@@ -1101,6 +1101,9 @@ static int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Copy MAC header from skb into command buffer */
+	memcpy(tx_cmd->hdr, hdr, hdr_len);
+
 	txq = &trans_pcie->txq[txq_id];
 	q = &txq->q;