diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index b5ab98ee14455..842d0786b076e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked)
 	/* set appropriate operations */
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &brcmf_netdev_ops_pri;
 
-	ndev->hard_header_len += drvr->hdrlen;
+	ndev->needed_headroom += drvr->hdrlen;
 	ndev->ethtool_ops = &brcmf_ethtool_ops;
 
 	drvr->rxsz = ndev->mtu + ndev->hard_header_len +