struct ethhdr *ehdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
        struct ieee80211_key *key;
        struct sta_info *sta;
-       bool offload = true;
 
        if (unlikely(skb->len < ETH_HLEN)) {
                kfree_skb(skb);
 
        if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sta) || !sta->uploaded ||
            !test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED) ||
-               sdata->control_port_protocol == ehdr->h_proto))
-               offload = false;
-       else if ((key = rcu_dereference(sta->ptk[sta->ptk_idx])) &&
-                (!(key->flags & KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE) ||
-                 key->conf.cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP))
-               offload = false;
-
-       if (offload)
-               ieee80211_8023_xmit(sdata, dev, sta, key, skb);
-       else
-               ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+           sdata->control_port_protocol == ehdr->h_proto))
+               goto skip_offload;
+
+       key = rcu_dereference(sta->ptk[sta->ptk_idx]);
+       if (!key)
+               key = rcu_dereference(sdata->default_unicast_key);
+
+       if (key && (!(key->flags & KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE) ||
+                   key->conf.cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP))
+               goto skip_offload;
+
+       ieee80211_8023_xmit(sdata, dev, sta, key, skb);
+       goto out;
 
+skip_offload:
+       ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, dev);
 out:
        rcu_read_unlock();