diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
index 2e1c10f9670ae06619573b13227248eb0a13e69a..ff4be7bf5d360f8223a7cc3fad7b383fdb75d191 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ static int wl1251_build_null_data(struct wl1251 *wl)
 
 	memcpy(template.header.sa, wl->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	template.header.frame_ctl = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA |
-						IEEE80211_STYPE_NULLFUNC);
+						IEEE80211_STYPE_NULLFUNC |
+						IEEE80211_FCTL_TODS);
 
 	return wl1251_cmd_template_set(wl, CMD_NULL_DATA, &template,
 				       sizeof(template));