diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
index e9360b555ac9..8cff24d5f5f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
@@ -2730,8 +2730,11 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_monitor_no_data(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct napi_struct *napi,
 	 *
 	 * 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_reset_mac_header(skb);
+	skb_set_mac_header(skb, skb->len);
 
 	/*
 	 * Override the nss from the rx_vec since the rate_n_flags has