diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index c747eb24581c..8f69d00bd940 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ mt76_dma_add_buf(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q,
 	u32 ctrl;
 	int i, idx = -1;
 
-	if (txwi)
+	if (txwi) {
 		q->entry[q->head].txwi = DMA_DUMMY_DATA;
+		q->entry[q->head].skip_buf0 = true;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nbufs; i += 2, buf += 2) {
 		u32 buf0 = buf[0].addr, buf1 = 0;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ mt76_dma_tx_cleanup_idx(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q, int idx,
 	__le32 __ctrl = READ_ONCE(q->desc[idx].ctrl);
 	u32 ctrl = le32_to_cpu(__ctrl);
 
-	if (!e->txwi || !e->skb) {
+	if (!e->skip_buf0) {
 		__le32 addr = READ_ONCE(q->desc[idx].buf0);
 		u32 len = FIELD_GET(MT_DMA_CTL_SD_LEN0, ctrl);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
index dc468ed9434a..8aec7ccf2d79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ struct mt76_queue_entry {
 		struct urb *urb;
 	};
 	enum mt76_txq_id qid;
-	bool schedule;
-	bool done;
+	bool skip_buf0:1;
+	bool schedule:1;
+	bool done:1;
 };
 
 struct mt76_queue_regs {