diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f86d94c9ecf..208870ede898 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ab9d6e4ffe192427ce9e93d4f927b0faaa8a941e
+refs/heads/master: 751413eadc8f0c7691a6cbd40a913ef0ae6b2ce4
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/rx.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/rx.c
index db343fa8033c..e4ee32748994 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -378,9 +378,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *origskb,
 	 * the SKB because it has a bad FCS/PLCP checksum.
 	 */
 
-	/* room for the radiotap header based on driver features */
-	needed_headroom = ieee80211_rx_radiotap_space(local, status);
-
 	if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS)
 		present_fcs_len = FCS_LEN;
 
@@ -399,6 +396,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *origskb,
 		return remove_monitor_info(local, origskb);
 	}
 
+	/* room for the radiotap header based on driver features */
+	needed_headroom = ieee80211_rx_radiotap_space(local, status);
+
 	if (should_drop_frame(origskb, present_fcs_len)) {
 		/* only need to expand headroom if necessary */
 		skb = origskb;