diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 0a04eaf5343c..9406f687cffb 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ struct ieee80211_link_sta {
  * @spp_amsdu: indicates whether the STA uses SPP A-MSDU or not.
  */
 struct ieee80211_sta {
-	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	u16 aid;
 	u16 max_rx_aggregation_subframes;
 	bool wme;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
index 9bffac7a4974..fe7eab4b681b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
@@ -207,20 +207,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_addba_resp(struct sta_info *sta, u8 *da, u16 tid,
 		return;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, local->hw.extra_tx_headroom);
-	mgmt = skb_put_zero(skb, 24);
-	memcpy(mgmt->da, da, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(mgmt->sa, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, ETH_ALEN);
-
-	mgmt->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
-					  IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION);
+	mgmt = ieee80211_mgmt_ba(skb, da, sdata);
 
 	skb_put(skb, 1 + sizeof(mgmt->u.action.u.addba_resp));
 	mgmt->u.action.category = WLAN_CATEGORY_BACK;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index 677bbbac9f16..1c18b862ef8c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -74,20 +74,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_addba_request(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		return;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, local->hw.extra_tx_headroom);
-	mgmt = skb_put_zero(skb, 24);
-	memcpy(mgmt->da, da, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(mgmt->sa, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, ETH_ALEN);
-
-	mgmt->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
-					  IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION);
+	mgmt = ieee80211_mgmt_ba(skb, da, sdata);
 
 	skb_put(skb, 1 + sizeof(mgmt->u.action.u.addba_req));
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ht.c b/net/mac80211/ht.c
index 79caeb485fd5..1c2b7dd8976a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ht.c
@@ -467,20 +467,7 @@ void ieee80211_send_delba(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		return;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, local->hw.extra_tx_headroom);
-	mgmt = skb_put_zero(skb, 24);
-	memcpy(mgmt->da, da, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(mgmt->sa, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
-	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
-		memcpy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, ETH_ALEN);
-
-	mgmt->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
-					  IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION);
+	mgmt = ieee80211_mgmt_ba(skb, da, sdata);
 
 	skb_put(skb, 1 + sizeof(mgmt->u.action.u.delba));
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index a3485e4c6132..fdd2bad15076 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -2136,6 +2136,29 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_request(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 				     struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt,
 				     size_t len);
 
+static inline struct ieee80211_mgmt *
+ieee80211_mgmt_ba(struct sk_buff *skb, const u8 *da,
+		  struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = skb_put_zero(skb, 24);
+
+	ether_addr_copy(mgmt->da, da);
+	ether_addr_copy(mgmt->sa, sdata->vif.addr);
+
+	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
+	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+		ether_addr_copy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.addr);
+	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+		ether_addr_copy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr);
+	else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
+		ether_addr_copy(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid);
+
+	mgmt->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
+					  IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION);
+	return mgmt;
+}
+
 int __ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 				   enum ieee80211_agg_stop_reason reason);
 void ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb(struct sta_info *sta, int tid,