diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 7e3ab6e1b28f..6ccc487bad7f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -4049,6 +4049,58 @@  static void ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 #undef CALL_RXH
 }
 
+static bool
+ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 link_id)
+{
+	if (!sta->mlo)
+		return false;
+
+	return !!(sta->valid_links & BIT(link_id));
+}
+
+static bool ieee80211_rx_data_set_link(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
+				       u8 link_id)
+{
+	rx->link_id = link_id;
+	rx->link = rcu_dereference(rx->sdata->link[link_id]);
+
+	if (!rx->sta || !rx->sta->sta.mlo)
+		return rx->link;
+
+	if (!ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(&rx->sta->sta, link_id))
+		return false;
+
+	rx->link_sta = rcu_dereference(rx->sta->link[link_id]);
+
+	return rx->link && rx->link_sta;
+}
+
+static bool ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
+				      struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
+				      int link_id)
+{
+	struct sta_info *sta;
+
+	sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
+
+	rx->link_id = link_id;
+	rx->sta = sta;
+
+	if (sta) {
+		rx->local = sta->sdata->local;
+		if (!rx->sdata)
+			rx->sdata = sta->sdata;
+		rx->link_sta = &sta->deflink;
+	}
+
+	if (link_id < 0)
+		rx->link = &rx->sdata->deflink;
+	else if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_link(rx, link_id))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function makes calls into the RX path, therefore
  * it has to be invoked under RCU read lock.
@@ -4057,16 +4109,19 @@  void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 {
 	struct sk_buff_head frames;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_data rx = {
-		.sta = sta,
-		.sdata = sta->sdata,
-		.local = sta->local,
 		/* This is OK -- must be QoS data frame */
 		.security_idx = tid,
 		.seqno_idx = tid,
-		.link_id = -1,
 	};
 	struct tid_ampdu_rx *tid_agg_rx;
-	u8 link_id;
+	int link_id = -1;
+
+	/* FIXME: statistics won't be right with this */
+	if (sta->sta.valid_links)
+		link_id = ffs(sta->sta.valid_links) - 1;
+
+	if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, &sta->sta, link_id))
+		return;
 
 	tid_agg_rx = rcu_dereference(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid]);
 	if (!tid_agg_rx)
@@ -4086,10 +4141,6 @@  void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 		};
 		drv_event_callback(rx.local, rx.sdata, &event);
 	}
-	/* FIXME: statistics won't be right with this */
-	link_id = sta->sta.valid_links ? ffs(sta->sta.valid_links) - 1 : 0;
-	rx.link = rcu_dereference(sta->sdata->link[link_id]);
-	rx.link_sta = rcu_dereference(sta->link[link_id]);
 
 	ieee80211_rx_handlers(&rx, &frames);
 }
@@ -4105,7 +4156,6 @@  void ieee80211_mark_rx_ba_filtered_frames(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u8 tid,
 		/* This is OK -- must be QoS data frame */
 		.security_idx = tid,
 		.seqno_idx = tid,
-		.link_id = -1,
 	};
 	int i, diff;
 
@@ -4116,10 +4166,8 @@  void ieee80211_mark_rx_ba_filtered_frames(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u8 tid,
 
 	sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
 
-	rx.sta = sta;
-	rx.sdata = sta->sdata;
-	rx.link = &rx.sdata->deflink;
-	rx.local = sta->local;
+	if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, pubsta, -1))
+		return;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	tid_agg_rx = rcu_dereference(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid]);
@@ -4506,15 +4554,6 @@  void ieee80211_check_fast_rx_iface(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
 }
 
-static bool
-ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 link_id)
-{
-	if (!sta->mlo)
-		return false;
-
-	return !!(sta->valid_links & BIT(link_id));
-}
-
 static void ieee80211_rx_8023(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 			      struct ieee80211_fast_rx *fast_rx,
 			      int orig_len)
@@ -4625,7 +4664,6 @@  static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = rx->skb;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
-	struct sta_info *sta = rx->sta;
 	int orig_len = skb->len;
 	int hdrlen = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
 	int snap_offs = hdrlen;
@@ -4637,7 +4675,6 @@  static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 		u8 da[ETH_ALEN];
 		u8 sa[ETH_ALEN];
 	} addrs __aligned(2);
-	struct link_sta_info *link_sta;
 	struct ieee80211_sta_rx_stats *stats;
 
 	/* for parallel-rx, we need to have DUP_VALIDATED, otherwise we write
@@ -4740,18 +4777,10 @@  static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
  drop:
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
-	if (rx->link_id >= 0) {
-		link_sta = rcu_dereference(sta->link[rx->link_id]);
-		if (!link_sta)
-			return true;
-	} else {
-		link_sta = &sta->deflink;
-	}
-
 	if (fast_rx->uses_rss)
-		stats = this_cpu_ptr(link_sta->pcpu_rx_stats);
+		stats = this_cpu_ptr(rx->link_sta->pcpu_rx_stats);
 	else
-		stats = &link_sta->rx_stats;
+		stats = &rx->link_sta->rx_stats;
 
 	stats->dropped++;
 	return true;
@@ -4769,8 +4798,8 @@  static bool ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = rx->local;
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = rx->sdata;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
-	struct link_sta_info *link_sta = NULL;
-	struct ieee80211_link_data *link;
+	struct link_sta_info *link_sta = rx->link_sta;
+	struct ieee80211_link_data *link = rx->link;
 
 	rx->skb = skb;
 
@@ -4792,35 +4821,6 @@  static bool ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 	if (!ieee80211_accept_frame(rx))
 		return false;
 
-	if (rx->link_id >= 0) {
-		link = rcu_dereference(rx->sdata->link[rx->link_id]);
-
-		/* we might race link removal */
-		if (!link)
-			return true;
-		rx->link = link;
-
-		if (rx->sta) {
-			rx->link_sta =
-				rcu_dereference(rx->sta->link[rx->link_id]);
-			if (!rx->link_sta)
-				return true;
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (rx->sta)
-			rx->link_sta = &rx->sta->deflink;
-
-		rx->link = &sdata->deflink;
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
-		     rx->link_id >= 0 && rx->sta && rx->sta->sta.mlo)) {
-		link_sta = rcu_dereference(rx->sta->link[rx->link_id]);
-
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!link_sta))
-			return true;
-	}
-
 	if (!consume) {
 		struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shwt;
 
@@ -4840,7 +4840,7 @@  static bool ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 		shwt->hwtstamp = skb_hwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(link_sta)) {
+	if (unlikely(rx->sta && rx->sta->sta.mlo)) {
 		/* translate to MLD addresses */
 		if (ether_addr_equal(link->conf->addr, hdr->addr1))
 			ether_addr_copy(hdr->addr1, rx->sdata->vif.addr);
@@ -4870,6 +4870,7 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_8023(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_fast_rx *fast_rx;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_data rx;
+	int link_id = -1;
 
 	memset(&rx, 0, sizeof(rx));
 	rx.skb = skb;
@@ -4886,12 +4887,8 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_8023(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	if (!pubsta)
 		goto drop;
 
-	rx.sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
-	rx.sdata = rx.sta->sdata;
-
-	if (status->link_valid &&
-	    !ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(pubsta, status->link_id))
-		goto drop;
+	if (status->link_valid)
+		link_id = status->link_id;
 
 	/*
 	 * TODO: Should the frame be dropped if the right link_id is not
@@ -4900,19 +4897,8 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_8023(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	 * link_id is used only for stats purpose and updating the stats on
 	 * the deflink is fine?
 	 */
-	if (status->link_valid)
-		rx.link_id = status->link_id;
-
-	if (rx.link_id >= 0) {
-		struct ieee80211_link_data *link;
-
-		link =  rcu_dereference(rx.sdata->link[rx.link_id]);
-		if (!link)
-			goto drop;
-		rx.link = link;
-	} else {
-		rx.link = &rx.sdata->deflink;
-	}
+	if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, pubsta, link_id))
+		goto drop;
 
 	fast_rx = rcu_dereference(rx.sta->fast_rx);
 	if (!fast_rx)
@@ -4930,6 +4916,8 @@  static bool ieee80211_rx_for_interface(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 {
 	struct link_sta_info *link_sta;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
+	struct sta_info *sta;
+	int link_id = -1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Look up link station first, in case there's a
@@ -4939,24 +4927,19 @@  static bool ieee80211_rx_for_interface(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
 	 */
 	link_sta = link_sta_info_get_bss(rx->sdata, hdr->addr2);
 	if (link_sta) {
-		rx->sta = link_sta->sta;
-		rx->link_id = link_sta->link_id;
+		sta = link_sta->sta;
+		link_id = link_sta->link_id;
 	} else {
 		struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
 
-		rx->sta = sta_info_get_bss(rx->sdata, hdr->addr2);
-		if (rx->sta) {
-			if (status->link_valid &&
-			    !ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(&rx->sta->sta,
-							       status->link_id))
-				return false;
-
-			rx->link_id = status->link_valid ? status->link_id : -1;
-		} else {
-			rx->link_id = -1;
-		}
+		sta = sta_info_get_bss(rx->sdata, hdr->addr2);
+		if (status->link_valid)
+			link_id = status->link_id;
 	}
 
+	if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(rx, &sta->sta, link_id))
+		return false;
+
 	return ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(rx, skb, consume);
 }
 
@@ -5015,19 +4998,15 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 	if (ieee80211_is_data(fc)) {
 		struct sta_info *sta, *prev_sta;
-		u8 link_id = status->link_id;
+		int link_id = -1;
 
-		if (pubsta) {
-			rx.sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
-			rx.sdata = rx.sta->sdata;
+		if (status->link_valid)
+			link_id = status->link_id;
 
-			if (status->link_valid &&
-			    !ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(pubsta, link_id))
+		if (pubsta) {
+			if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, pubsta, link_id))
 				goto out;
 
-			if (status->link_valid)
-				rx.link_id = status->link_id;
-
 			/*
 			 * In MLO connection, fetch the link_id using addr2
 			 * when the driver does not pass link_id in status.
@@ -5045,7 +5024,7 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				if (!link_sta)
 					goto out;
 
-				rx.link_id = link_sta->link_id;
+				ieee80211_rx_data_set_link(&rx, link_sta->link_id);
 			}
 
 			if (ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(&rx, skb, true))
@@ -5061,30 +5040,27 @@  static void __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ((status->link_valid &&
-			     !ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(&prev_sta->sta,
-								link_id)) ||
-			    (!status->link_valid && prev_sta->sta.mlo))
+			rx.sdata = prev_sta->sdata;
+			if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, &prev_sta->sta,
+						       link_id))
+				goto out;
+
+			if (!status->link_valid && prev_sta->sta.mlo)
 				continue;
 
-			rx.link_id = status->link_valid ? link_id : -1;
-			rx.sta = prev_sta;
-			rx.sdata = prev_sta->sdata;
 			ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(&rx, skb, false);
 
 			prev_sta = sta;
 		}
 
 		if (prev_sta) {
-			if ((status->link_valid &&
-			     !ieee80211_rx_is_valid_sta_link_id(&prev_sta->sta,
-								link_id)) ||
-			    (!status->link_valid && prev_sta->sta.mlo))
+			rx.sdata = prev_sta->sdata;
+			if (!ieee80211_rx_data_set_sta(&rx, &prev_sta->sta,
+						       link_id))
 				goto out;
 
-			rx.link_id = status->link_valid ? link_id : -1;
-			rx.sta = prev_sta;
-			rx.sdata = prev_sta->sdata;
+			if (!status->link_valid && prev_sta->sta.mlo)
+				goto out;
 
 			if (ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle(&rx, skb, true))
 				return;