diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/wireless.h b/include/uapi/linux/wireless.h
index 86eca3208b6b..a2c006a364e0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/wireless.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/wireless.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 #include <linux/socket.h>		/* for "struct sockaddr" et al	*/
 #include <linux/if.h>			/* for IFNAMSIZ and co... */
 
+#include <stddef.h>                     /* for offsetof */
+
 /***************************** VERSION *****************************/
 /*
  * This constant is used to know the availability of the wireless
@@ -1090,8 +1092,7 @@ struct iw_event {
 /* iw_point events are special. First, the payload (extra data) come at
  * the end of the event, so they are bigger than IW_EV_POINT_LEN. Second,
  * we omit the pointer, so start at an offset. */
-#define IW_EV_POINT_OFF (((char *) &(((struct iw_point *) NULL)->length)) - \
-			  (char *) NULL)
+#define IW_EV_POINT_OFF offsetof(struct iw_point, length)
 #define IW_EV_POINT_LEN	(IW_EV_LCP_LEN + sizeof(struct iw_point) - \
 			 IW_EV_POINT_OFF)