diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
index 6f36b6e79f5e..2dbce85404aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
@@ -928,7 +928,10 @@ static void iwl_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(fc) ||
 	    ieee80211_has_protected(fc) ||
 	    ieee80211_has_morefrags(fc) ||
-	    le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) & IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG)
+	    le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) & IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG ||
+	    (ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc) &&
+	     *ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr) &
+	     IEEE80211_QOS_CONTROL_A_MSDU_PRESENT))
 		ret = skb_linearize(skb);
 	else
 		ret = __pskb_pull_tail(skb, min_t(u16, IWL_LINK_HDR_MAX, len)) ?
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index b9007f80cb92..12a2bff7dcdb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ void rate_control_get_rate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		info->control.rates[i].count = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL)
+		return;
+
 	if (sta && sdata->force_unicast_rateidx > -1) {
 		info->control.rates[0].idx = sdata->force_unicast_rateidx;
 	} else {