diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index cc6bcc5a20c78bc30e5604b871bed6f652ddbe55..d7711e4d47510943eabc8195652274ea01133467 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -401,7 +401,9 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	    (rxdesc.flags & RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED))
 		rt2x00crypto_rx_insert_iv(entry->skb, header_length,
 					  &rxdesc);
-	else if (rxdesc.dev_flags & RXDONE_L2PAD)
+	else if (header_length &&
+		 (rxdesc.size > header_length) &&
+		 (rxdesc.dev_flags & RXDONE_L2PAD))
 		rt2x00queue_remove_l2pad(entry->skb, header_length);
 	else
 		rt2x00queue_align_payload(entry->skb, header_length);