diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 0da8f972a1b22582b7faacb256d014afd4acef11..21fd9b40be8f5233a7542c32e9f693f15638734b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -110,33 +110,6 @@
 #define SHORT_DIFS		( SHORT_PIFS + SHORT_SLOT_TIME )
 #define EIFS			( SIFS + (8 * (IEEE80211_HEADER + ACK_SIZE)) )
 
-/*
- * IEEE802.11 header defines
- */
-static inline int is_rts_frame(u16 fc)
-{
-	return (((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_CTL) &&
-		((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE) == IEEE80211_STYPE_RTS));
-}
-
-static inline int is_cts_frame(u16 fc)
-{
-	return (((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_CTL) &&
-		((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE) == IEEE80211_STYPE_CTS));
-}
-
-static inline int is_probe_resp(u16 fc)
-{
-	return (((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT) &&
-		((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE) == IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_RESP));
-}
-
-static inline int is_beacon(u16 fc)
-{
-	return (((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT) &&
-		((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE) == IEEE80211_STYPE_BEACON));
-}
-
 /*
  * Chipset identification
  * The chipset on the device is composed of a RT and RF chip.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 9ea677320daa672e98b96e1945b261b199845433..f9e75319770a6e917e0f7088eb7317b098a1f17a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -561,7 +561,6 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	unsigned int align;
 	unsigned int i;
 	int idx = -1;
-	u16 fc;
 
 	/*
 	 * The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
@@ -606,8 +605,8 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	 * Only update link status if this is a beacon frame carrying our bssid.
 	 */
 	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)entry->skb->data;
-	fc = le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control);
-	if (is_beacon(fc) && (rxdesc->dev_flags & RXDONE_MY_BSS))
+	if (ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control) &&
+	    (rxdesc->dev_flags & RXDONE_MY_BSS))
 		rt2x00lib_update_link_stats(&rt2x00dev->link, rxdesc->rssi);
 
 	rt2x00dev->link.qual.rx_success++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index 7b52039b01a60ab1823afb4f173de7434c2da380..15660b588a120eb247e93997316e3054df3cb10c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	unsigned int data_length;
 	unsigned int duration;
 	unsigned int residual;
-	u16 frame_control;
 
 	memset(txdesc, 0, sizeof(*txdesc));
 
@@ -95,11 +94,6 @@ void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	/* Data length should be extended with 4 bytes for CRC */
 	data_length = entry->skb->len + 4;
 
-	/*
-	 * Read required fields from ieee80211 header.
-	 */
-	frame_control = le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control);
-
 	/*
 	 * Check whether this frame is to be acked.
 	 */
@@ -109,9 +103,10 @@ void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	/*
 	 * Check if this is a RTS/CTS frame
 	 */
-	if (is_rts_frame(frame_control) || is_cts_frame(frame_control)) {
+	if (ieee80211_is_rts(hdr->frame_control) ||
+	    ieee80211_is_cts(hdr->frame_control)) {
 		__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_BURST, &txdesc->flags);
-		if (is_rts_frame(frame_control))
+		if (ieee80211_is_rts(hdr->frame_control))
 			__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_RTS_FRAME, &txdesc->flags);
 		else
 			__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_CTS_FRAME, &txdesc->flags);
@@ -139,7 +134,8 @@ void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	 * Beacons and probe responses require the tsf timestamp
 	 * to be inserted into the frame.
 	 */
-	if (txdesc->queue == QID_BEACON || is_probe_resp(frame_control))
+	if (ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control) ||
+	    ieee80211_is_probe_resp(hdr->frame_control))
 		__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_REQ_TIMESTAMP, &txdesc->flags);
 
 	/*