1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 0d7381679a5c..b4a84146de0c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1784,16 +1784,16 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
                         break;
                 /* fall through */
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+                if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+                        chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
+                if (!chanctx_conf)
+                        goto fail_rcu;
                 fc |= cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FCTL_FROMDS);
                 /* DA BSSID SA */
                 memcpy(hdr.addr1, skb->data, ETH_ALEN);
                 memcpy(hdr.addr2, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
                 memcpy(hdr.addr3, skb->data + ETH_ALEN, ETH_ALEN);
                 hdrlen = 24;
-                if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
-                        chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
-                if (!chanctx_conf)
-                        goto fail_rcu;
                 band = chanctx_conf->def.chan->band;
                 break;
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS: