diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index dfc886fcb44d..6fcb2bb840b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@ static void rt2800pci_fill_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	 * Remove TXWI descriptor from start of buffer.
 	 */
 	skb_pull(entry->skb, RXWI_DESC_SIZE);
-	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc->size);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index af85d18cdbe7..1db8667a6ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ static void rt2800usb_fill_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	 * Remove RXWI descriptor from start of buffer.
 	 */
 	skb_pull(entry->skb, skbdesc->desc_len);
-	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc->size);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 06c43ca39bf8..cc6bcc5a20c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -385,9 +385,6 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	memset(&rxdesc, 0, sizeof(rxdesc));
 	rt2x00dev->ops->lib->fill_rxdone(entry, &rxdesc);
 
-	/* Trim buffer to correct size */
-	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc.size);
-
 	/*
 	 * The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
 	 * aligned on a 4 byte boundary.
@@ -409,6 +406,9 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	else
 		rt2x00queue_align_payload(entry->skb, header_length);
 
+	/* Trim buffer to correct size */
+	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc.size);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if the frame was received using HT. In that case,
 	 * the rate is the MCS index and should be passed to mac80211