diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
index c42064c36978..b57f71f18f13 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct hdd_adapter *adapter = WLAN_HDD_GET_PRIV_PTR(dev);
 	bool granted;
 	struct hdd_station_ctx *sta_ctx = &adapter->session.station;
-	struct qdf_mac_addr *mac_addr;
+	struct qdf_mac_addr mac_addr;
 	struct qdf_mac_addr mac_addr_tx_allowed = QDF_MAC_ADDR_ZERO_INIT;
 	uint8_t pkt_type = 0;
 	bool is_arp = false;
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	++adapter->hdd_stats.tx_rx_stats.tx_called;
 	adapter->hdd_stats.tx_rx_stats.cont_txtimeout_cnt = 0;
-	mac_addr = (struct qdf_mac_addr *)skb->data;
+	qdf_mem_copy(mac_addr.bytes, skb->data, sizeof(mac_addr.bytes));
 
 	if (cds_is_driver_recovering() || cds_is_driver_in_bad_state() ||
 	    cds_is_load_or_unload_in_progress()) {
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto drop_pkt;
 	}
 
-	hdd_get_tx_resource(adapter, mac_addr,
+	hdd_get_tx_resource(adapter, &mac_addr,
 			    WLAN_HDD_TX_FLOW_CONTROL_OS_Q_BLOCK_TIME);
 
 	/* Get TL AC corresponding to Qdisc queue index/AC. */
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	vdev = hdd_objmgr_get_vdev(adapter);
 	if (vdev) {
-		ucfg_tdls_update_tx_pkt_cnt(vdev, mac_addr);
+		ucfg_tdls_update_tx_pkt_cnt(vdev, &mac_addr);
 		hdd_objmgr_put_vdev(vdev);
 	}
 
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		QDF_TRACE(QDF_MODULE_ID_HDD_DATA, QDF_TRACE_LEVEL_INFO_HIGH,
 			  "%s: Failed to send packet to txrx for sta_id: "
 			  QDF_MAC_ADDR_STR,
-			  __func__, QDF_MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(mac_addr->bytes));
+			  __func__, QDF_MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(mac_addr.bytes));
 		++adapter->hdd_stats.tx_rx_stats.tx_dropped_ac[ac];
 		goto drop_pkt_and_release_skb;
 	}