diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
index d0d314f7048e..5bdb04b76c14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
@@ -10,37 +10,11 @@
 #include "mvm.h"
 #include "fw-api.h"
 
-static void *iwl_mvm_skb_get_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
-	u8 *data = skb->data;
-
-	/* Alignment concerns */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_he) % 4);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_he_mu) % 4);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_lsig) % 4);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee80211_vendor_radiotap) % 4);
-
-	if (rx_status->flag & RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP_HE)
-		data += sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_he);
-	if (rx_status->flag & RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP_HE_MU)
-		data += sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_he_mu);
-	if (rx_status->flag & RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP_LSIG)
-		data += sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_lsig);
-	if (rx_status->flag & RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP_VENDOR_DATA) {
-		struct ieee80211_vendor_radiotap *radiotap = (void *)data;
-
-		data += sizeof(*radiotap) + radiotap->len + radiotap->pad;
-	}
-
-	return data;
-}
-
 static inline int iwl_mvm_check_pn(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   int queue, struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
 {
 	struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvmsta;
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = iwl_mvm_skb_get_hdr(skb);
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb_mac_header(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status *stats = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
 	struct iwl_mvm_key_pn *ptk_pn;
 	int res;
@@ -179,6 +153,10 @@ static int iwl_mvm_create_skb(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(headlen < hdrlen))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Since data doesn't move data while putting data on skb and that is
+	 * the only way we use, data + len is the next place that hdr would be put
+	 */
+	skb_set_mac_header(skb, skb->len);
 	skb_put_data(skb, hdr, hdrlen);
 	skb_put_data(skb, (u8 *)hdr + hdrlen + pad_len, headlen - hdrlen);
 
@@ -936,7 +914,7 @@ static bool iwl_mvm_reorder(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 			    struct iwl_rx_mpdu_desc *desc)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = iwl_mvm_skb_get_hdr(skb);
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb_mac_header(skb);
 	struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta;
 	struct iwl_mvm_baid_data *baid_data;
 	struct iwl_mvm_reorder_buffer *buffer;
@@ -2159,6 +2137,16 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_monitor_no_data(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct napi_struct *napi,
 
 	iwl_mvm_rx_fill_status(mvm, skb, &phy_data, queue);
 
+	/* no more radio tap info should be put after this point.
+	 *
+	 * We mark it as mac header, for upper layers to know where
+	 * all radio tap header ends.
+	 *
+	 * Since data doesn't move data while putting data on skb and that is
+	 * the only way we use, data + len is the next place that hdr would be put
+	 */
+	skb_set_mac_header(skb, skb->len);
+
 	/*
 	 * Override the nss from the rx_vec since the rate_n_flags has
 	 * only 2 bits for the nss which gives a max of 4 ss but there