diff --git a/net/mac80211/chan.c b/net/mac80211/chan.c
index 4447cf03c41b..05f45e66999b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/chan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/chan.c
@@ -561,14 +561,16 @@ static void ieee80211_chan_bw_change(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(sta, &local->sta_list,
 				list) {
-		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+		struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 		enum ieee80211_sta_rx_bandwidth new_sta_bw;
 		unsigned int link_id;
 
 		if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sta->sdata))
 			continue;
 
-		for (link_id = 0; link_id < ARRAY_SIZE(sta->sdata->link); link_id++) {
+		sdata = get_bss_sdata(sta->sdata);
+
+		for (link_id = 0; link_id < ARRAY_SIZE(sdata->link); link_id++) {
 			struct ieee80211_link_data *link =
 				rcu_dereference(sdata->link[link_id]);
 			struct ieee80211_bss_conf *link_conf;