diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
index 88444fe6d1c6..1b76f4434c06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ static void carl9170_tx_release(struct kref *ref)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ar))
 		return;
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(
-	    offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal) != 20);
-
-	memset(&txinfo->status.ack_signal, 0,
-	       sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
-	       offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal));
+	/*
+	 * This does not call ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status() because
+	 * carl9170_tx_fill_rateinfo() has filled the rate information
+	 * before we get to this point.
+	 */
+	memset_after(&txinfo->status, 0, rates);
 
 	if (atomic_read(&ar->tx_total_queued))
 		ar->tx_schedule = true;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
index 873fea59894f..8414aa208655 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
@@ -431,11 +431,7 @@ static void p54_rx_frame_sent(struct p54_common *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * Clear manually, ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status would
 	 * clear the counts too and we need them.
 	 */
-	memset(&info->status.ack_signal, 0,
-	       sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
-	       offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal));
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info,
-			      status.ack_signal) != 20);
+	memset_after(&info->status, 0, rates);
 
 	if (entry_hdr->flags & cpu_to_le16(P54_HDR_FLAG_DATA_ALIGN))
 		pad = entry_data->align[0];
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 10e6fe215f0f..e349f57d19ae 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1205,12 +1205,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(struct ieee80211_tx_info *info)
 	/* clear the rate counts */
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++)
 		info->status.rates[i].count = 0;
-
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(
-	    offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal) != 20);
-	memset(&info->status.ampdu_ack_len, 0,
-	       sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
-	       offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ampdu_ack_len));
+	memset_after(&info->status, 0, rates);
 }