diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 378bd70256b2c7b8ad6358b2488919198dc42950..1ffca7511fa888b94b3c5715dd0b4121caf59f08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_tx_get_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc)
 	}
 
 	bf = list_first_entry(&sc->tx.txbuf, struct ath_buf, list);
+	bf->bf_next = NULL;
 	list_del(&bf->list);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&sc->tx.txbuflock);
@@ -1774,6 +1775,7 @@ static void ath_tx_send_normal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
 	list_add_tail(&bf->list, &bf_head);
 	bf->bf_state.bf_type = 0;
 
+	bf->bf_next = NULL;
 	bf->bf_lastbf = bf;
 	ath_tx_fill_desc(sc, bf, txq, fi->framelen);
 	ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_head, false);