diff --git a/include/net/wext.h b/include/net/wext.h
index 345911965dbb..454ff763eeba 100644
--- a/include/net/wext.h
+++ b/include/net/wext.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 struct net;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
-int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
+int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct iwreq *iwr, unsigned int cmd,
 		      void __user *arg);
 int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 			     unsigned long arg);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev);
 int call_commit_handler(struct net_device *dev);
 #else
-static inline int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
+static inline int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct iwreq *iwr, unsigned int cmd,
 				    void __user *arg)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index b94b1d293506..27fad31784a8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -410,6 +410,22 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 	if (cmd == SIOCGIFNAME)
 		return dev_ifname(net, (struct ifreq __user *)arg);
 
+	/*
+	 * Take care of Wireless Extensions. Unfortunately struct iwreq
+	 * isn't a proper subset of struct ifreq (it's 8 byte shorter)
+	 * so we need to treat it specially, otherwise applications may
+	 * fault if the struct they're passing happens to land at the
+	 * end of a mapped page.
+	 */
+	if (cmd >= SIOCIWFIRST && cmd <= SIOCIWLAST) {
+		struct iwreq iwr;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(&iwr, arg, sizeof(iwr)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		return wext_handle_ioctl(net, &iwr, cmd, arg);
+	}
+
 	if (copy_from_user(&ifr, arg, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -559,9 +575,6 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 			return ret;
 		}
-		/* Take care of Wireless Extensions */
-		if (cmd >= SIOCIWFIRST && cmd <= SIOCIWLAST)
-			return wext_handle_ioctl(net, &ifr, cmd, arg);
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 12949c8d3e5f..6cdb054484d6 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -1035,18 +1035,18 @@ static int ioctl_standard_call(struct net_device *	dev,
 }
 
 
-int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
+int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct iwreq *iwr, unsigned int cmd,
 		      void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct iw_request_info info = { .cmd = cmd, .flags = 0 };
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = wext_ioctl_dispatch(net, (void *)ifr, cmd, &info,
+	ret = wext_ioctl_dispatch(net, iwr, cmd, &info,
 				  ioctl_standard_call,
 				  ioctl_private_call);
 	if (ret >= 0 &&
 	    IW_IS_GET(cmd) &&
-	    copy_to_user(arg, ifr, sizeof(struct iwreq)))
+	    copy_to_user(arg, iwr, sizeof(struct iwreq)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return ret;