diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 1bfb68a..9851cef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1156,14 +1156,10 @@
 	u32 word1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Copy descriptor to the skb->cb array, this has 2 benefits:
-	 * 1) Each descriptor word is 4 byte aligned.
-	 * 2) Descriptor is safe  from moving of frame data in rt2x00usb.
+	 * Copy descriptor to the skbdesc->desc buffer, making it safe from moving of
+	 * frame data in rt2x00usb.
 	 */
-	skbdesc->desc_len =
-	    min_t(u16, entry->queue->desc_size, sizeof(entry->skb->cb));
-	memcpy(entry->skb->cb, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
-	skbdesc->desc = entry->skb->cb;
+	memcpy(skbdesc->desc, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
 	rxd = (__le32 *)skbdesc->desc;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 33833bc..68d87f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct skb_frame_desc *skbdesc;
 	struct rxdone_entry_desc rxdesc;
+	u8 rxd[32];
 
 	if (!test_bit(DEVICE_ENABLED_RADIO, &rt2x00dev->flags) ||
 	    !test_and_clear_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags))
@@ -286,16 +287,13 @@
 	skbdesc = get_skb_frame_desc(entry->skb);
 	memset(skbdesc, 0, sizeof(*skbdesc));
 	skbdesc->entry = entry;
+	skbdesc->desc = rxd;
+	skbdesc->desc_len = entry->queue->desc_size;
 
 	memset(&rxdesc, 0, sizeof(rxdesc));
 	rt2x00dev->ops->lib->fill_rxdone(entry, &rxdesc);
 
 	/*
-	 * Trim the skb to the correct size.
-	 */
-	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc.size);
-
-	/*
 	 * Allocate a new sk buffer to replace the current one.
 	 * If allocation fails, we should drop the current frame
 	 * so we can recycle the existing sk buffer for the new frame.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 800a1e2..505a9f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1428,14 +1428,10 @@
 	u32 word1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Copy descriptor to the skb->cb array, this has 2 benefits:
-	 * 1) Each descriptor word is 4 byte aligned.
-	 * 2) Descriptor is safe  from moving of frame data in rt2x00usb.
+	 * Copy descriptor to the skbdesc->desc buffer, making it safe from moving of
+	 * frame data in rt2x00usb.
 	 */
-	skbdesc->desc_len =
-	    min_t(u16, entry->queue->desc_size, sizeof(entry->skb->cb));
-	memcpy(entry->skb->cb, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
-	skbdesc->desc = entry->skb->cb;
+	memcpy(skbdesc->desc, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
 	rxd = (__le32 *)skbdesc->desc;
 
 	/*