tx_resp->failure_frame);
 
                freed = iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(priv, txq_id, index);
-               if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(tx_resp->frame_ctrl))
-                       iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
+               iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
 
                if (priv->mac80211_registered &&
                    (iwl_queue_space(&txq->q) > txq->q.low_mark))
                        iwl_wake_queue(priv, txq_id);
        }
 
-       if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(tx_resp->frame_ctrl))
-               iwl_txq_check_empty(priv, sta_id, tid, txq_id);
+       iwl_txq_check_empty(priv, sta_id, tid, txq_id);
 
        if (iwl_check_bits(status, TX_ABORT_REQUIRED_MSK))
                IWL_ERR(priv, "TODO:  Implement Tx ABORT REQUIRED!!!\n");
 
        struct iwl_queue *q = &txq->q;
        struct iwl_tx_info *tx_info;
        int nfreed = 0;
+       struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
 
        if ((index >= q->n_bd) || (iwl_queue_used(q, index) == 0)) {
                IWL_ERR(priv, "Read index for DMA queue txq id (%d), index %d, "
 
                tx_info = &txq->txb[txq->q.read_ptr];
                iwl_tx_status(priv, tx_info->skb[0]);
+
+               hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)tx_info->skb[0]->data;
+               if (hdr && ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control))
+                       nfreed++;
                tx_info->skb[0] = NULL;
 
                if (priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_inval_byte_cnt_tbl)
                        priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_inval_byte_cnt_tbl(priv, txq);
 
                priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_free_tfd(priv, txq);
-               nfreed++;
        }
        return nfreed;
 }