diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index cd681681d211..6042228954a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ struct ieee80211s_hdr {
 	__le32 seqnum;
 	u8 eaddr1[6];
 	u8 eaddr2[6];
-	u8 eaddr3[6];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 /* Mesh flags */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index 8b5906c83f93..ca3af4685b0a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -410,39 +410,33 @@ int ieee80211_fill_mesh_addresses(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, __le16 *fc,
  * ieee80211_new_mesh_header - create a new mesh header
  * @meshhdr:    uninitialized mesh header
  * @sdata:	mesh interface to be used
- * @addr4:	addr4 of the mesh frame (1st in ae header)
- *              may be NULL
- * @addr5:	addr5 of the mesh frame (1st or 2nd in ae header)
- *              may be NULL unless addr6 is present
- * @addr6:	addr6 of the mesh frame (2nd or 3rd in ae header)
- * 		may be NULL unless addr5 is present
+ * @addr4or5:   1st address in the ae header, which may correspond to address 4
+ *              (if addr6 is NULL) or address 5 (if addr6 is present). It may
+ *              be NULL.
+ * @addr6:	2nd address in the ae header, which corresponds to addr6 of the
+ *              mesh frame
  *
  * Return the header length.
  */
 int ieee80211_new_mesh_header(struct ieee80211s_hdr *meshhdr,
-		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, char *addr4,
-		char *addr5, char *addr6)
+		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, char *addr4or5,
+		char *addr6)
 {
 	int aelen = 0;
+	BUG_ON(!addr4or5 && addr6);
 	memset(meshhdr, 0, sizeof(*meshhdr));
 	meshhdr->ttl = sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshTTL;
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_le32(sdata->u.mesh.mesh_seqnum), &meshhdr->seqnum);
 	sdata->u.mesh.mesh_seqnum++;
-	if (addr4) {
+	if (addr4or5 && !addr6) {
 		meshhdr->flags |= MESH_FLAGS_AE_A4;
 		aelen += ETH_ALEN;
-		memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr1, addr4, ETH_ALEN);
-	}
-	if (addr5 && addr6) {
+		memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr1, addr4or5, ETH_ALEN);
+	} else if (addr4or5 && addr6) {
 		meshhdr->flags |= MESH_FLAGS_AE_A5_A6;
 		aelen += 2 * ETH_ALEN;
-		if (!addr4) {
-			memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr1, addr5, ETH_ALEN);
-			memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr2, addr6, ETH_ALEN);
-		} else {
-			memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr2, addr5, ETH_ALEN);
-			memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr3, addr6, ETH_ALEN);
-		}
+		memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr1, addr4or5, ETH_ALEN);
+		memcpy(meshhdr->eaddr2, addr6, ETH_ALEN);
 	}
 	return 6 + aelen;
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
index 890dd19c2eca..b99e230fe31c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ struct mesh_rmc {
 int ieee80211_fill_mesh_addresses(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, __le16 *fc,
 				  const u8 *da, const u8 *sa);
 int ieee80211_new_mesh_header(struct ieee80211s_hdr *meshhdr,
-		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, char *addr4,
-		char *addr5, char *addr6);
+		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, char *addr4or5,
+		char *addr6);
 int mesh_rmc_check(u8 *addr, struct ieee80211s_hdr *mesh_hdr,
 		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 bool mesh_matches_local(struct ieee802_11_elems *ie,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index f4b1b624ea9f..807dcd06e268 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			hdrlen = ieee80211_fill_mesh_addresses(&hdr, &fc,
 					skb->data, skb->data + ETH_ALEN);
 			meshhdrlen = ieee80211_new_mesh_header(&mesh_hdr,
-					sdata, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+					sdata, NULL, NULL);
 		} else {
 			/* packet from other interface */
 			struct mesh_path *mppath;
@@ -1844,13 +1844,11 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					ieee80211_new_mesh_header(&mesh_hdr,
 							sdata,
 							skb->data + ETH_ALEN,
-							NULL,
 							NULL);
 			else
 				meshhdrlen =
 					ieee80211_new_mesh_header(&mesh_hdr,
 							sdata,
-							NULL,
 							skb->data,
 							skb->data + ETH_ALEN);