diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 0a6da6fe2f89..1566d2197906 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@ struct wireless_dev *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
 	dev->flags |= IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_MULTICAST;
 	dev->watchdog_timeo = MWIFIEX_DEFAULT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
-	dev->hard_header_len += MWIFIEX_MIN_DATA_HEADER_LEN;
+	dev->needed_headroom = MWIFIEX_MIN_DATA_HEADER_LEN;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &mwifiex_ethtool_ops;
 
 	mdev_priv = netdev_priv(dev);