diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rx.c
index 18a383798e5d..403de96f9747 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rx.c
@@ -759,7 +759,12 @@ static void iwlagn_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "alloc_skb failed\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	hdrlen = min_t(unsigned int, len, skb_tailroom(skb));
+	/* If frame is small enough to fit in skb->head, pull it completely.
+	 * If not, only pull ieee80211_hdr so that splice() or TCP coalesce
+	 * are more efficient.
+	 */
+	hdrlen = (len <= skb_tailroom(skb)) ? len : sizeof(*hdr);
+
 	memcpy(skb_put(skb, hdrlen), hdr, hdrlen);
 	fraglen = len - hdrlen;