diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
index 14622eee56ca..82fc5075e0a6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ static s32 update_txdesc(struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe, u8 *pmem, s32 sz, u8 bag
 	struct tx_desc	*ptxdesc = (struct tx_desc *)pmem;
 	struct mlme_ext_priv	*pmlmeext = &adapt->mlmeextpriv;
 	struct mlme_ext_info	*pmlmeinfo = &(pmlmeext->mlmext_info);
-	int	bmcst = IS_MCAST(pattrib->ra);
 
 	if (adapt->registrypriv.mp_mode == 0) {
 		if ((!bagg_pkt) && (urb_zero_packet_chk(adapt, sz) == 0)) {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ static s32 update_txdesc(struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe, u8 *pmem, s32 sz, u8 bag
 
 	ptxdesc->txdw0 |= cpu_to_le32(((offset) << OFFSET_SHT) & 0x00ff0000);/* 32 bytes for TX Desc */
 
-	if (bmcst)
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(pattrib->ra))
 		ptxdesc->txdw0 |= cpu_to_le32(BMC);
 
 	if (adapt->registrypriv.mp_mode == 0) {