int hdrlen, padsize, retval;
        bool decrypt_error = false;
        u8 keyix;
+       __le16 fc;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
 
                /* see if any padding is done by the hw and remove it */
                hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
                hdrlen = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb);
+               fc = hdr->frame_control;
 
                /* The MAC header is padded to have 32-bit boundary if the
                 * packet payload is non-zero. The general calculation for
                        sc->rx.rxotherant = 0;
                }
 
-               if (ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control) &&
+               if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc) &&
                                (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_BEACON)) {
                        sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_BEACON;
                        ath9k_hw_setpower(sc->sc_ah, ATH9K_PM_NETWORK_SLEEP);