diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 15ab4b2..2a38388 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev =
 	    interface_to_usbdev(rt2x00dev_usb(rt2x00dev));
-	struct data_ring *ring =
-	    rt2x00lib_get_ring(rt2x00dev, IEEE80211_TX_QUEUE_BEACON);
+	struct skb_desc *desc;
+	struct data_ring *ring;
 	struct data_entry *beacon;
 	struct data_entry *guardian;
 	int pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1);
@@ -1699,6 +1699,7 @@
 	 * initialization.
 	 */
 	control->queue = IEEE80211_TX_QUEUE_BEACON;
+	ring = rt2x00lib_get_ring(rt2x00dev, control->queue);
 
 	/*
 	 * Obtain 2 entries, one for the guardian byte,
@@ -1709,23 +1710,34 @@
 	beacon = rt2x00_get_data_entry(ring);
 
 	/*
-	 * First we create the beacon.
+	 * Add the descriptor in front of the skb.
 	 */
 	skb_push(skb, ring->desc_size);
 	memset(skb->data, 0, ring->desc_size);
 
-	rt2x00lib_write_tx_desc(rt2x00dev, (__le32 *)skb->data,
-				(struct ieee80211_hdr *)(skb->data +
-							 ring->desc_size),
-				skb->len - ring->desc_size, control);
+	/*
+	 * Fill in skb descriptor
+	 */
+	desc = get_skb_desc(skb);
+	desc->desc_len = ring->desc_size;
+	desc->data_len = skb->len - ring->desc_size;
+	desc->desc = skb->data;
+	desc->data = skb->data + ring->desc_size;
+	desc->ring = ring;
+	desc->entry = beacon;
 
+	rt2x00lib_write_tx_desc(rt2x00dev, skb, control);
+
+	/*
+	 * USB devices cannot blindly pass the skb->len as the
+	 * length of the data to usb_fill_bulk_urb. Pass the skb
+	 * to the driver to determine what the length should be.
+	 */
 	length = rt2500usb_get_tx_data_len(rt2x00dev, skb);
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(beacon->priv, usb_dev, pipe,
 			  skb->data, length, rt2500usb_beacondone, beacon);
 
-	beacon->skb = skb;
-
 	/*
 	 * Second we need to create the guardian byte.
 	 * We only need a single byte, so lets recycle