diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index e7c59b4e2c44..e89530d0d9c6 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -6392,7 +6392,12 @@ bool ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap - Sanity-check and parse the radiotap header
- *				 of injected frames
+ *				 of injected frames.
+ *
+ * To accurately parse and take into account rate and retransmission fields,
+ * you must initialize the chandef field in the ieee80211_tx_info structure
+ * of the skb before calling this function.
+ *
  * @skb: packet injected by userspace
  * @dev: the &struct device of this 802.11 device
  */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 0b719f3d2dec..2651498d05e8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2014,27 +2014,10 @@ void ieee80211_xmit(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	ieee80211_tx(sdata, sta, skb, false);
 }
 
-bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				 struct net_device *dev)
+static bool ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
-	struct ieee80211_radiotap_iterator iterator;
 	struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *rthdr =
-		(struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *) skb->data;
-	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =
-		local->hw.wiphy->bands[info->band];
-	int ret = ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init(&iterator, rthdr, skb->len,
-						   NULL);
-	u16 txflags;
-	u16 rate = 0;
-	bool rate_found = false;
-	u8 rate_retries = 0;
-	u16 rate_flags = 0;
-	u8 mcs_known, mcs_flags, mcs_bw;
-	u16 vht_known;
-	u8 vht_mcs = 0, vht_nss = 0;
-	int i;
+		(struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *)skb->data;
 
 	/* check for not even having the fixed radiotap header part */
 	if (unlikely(skb->len < sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_header)))
@@ -2048,6 +2031,32 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(skb->len < ieee80211_get_radiotap_len(skb->data)))
 		return false; /* skb too short for claimed rt header extent */
 
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
+	struct ieee80211_radiotap_iterator iterator;
+	struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *rthdr =
+		(struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *) skb->data;
+	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+	int ret = ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init(&iterator, rthdr, skb->len,
+						   NULL);
+	u16 txflags;
+	u16 rate = 0;
+	bool rate_found = false;
+	u8 rate_retries = 0;
+	u16 rate_flags = 0;
+	u8 mcs_known, mcs_flags, mcs_bw;
+	u16 vht_known;
+	u8 vht_mcs = 0, vht_nss = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len(skb))
+		return false;
+
 	info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT |
 		       IEEE80211_TX_CTL_DONTFRAG;
 
@@ -2186,6 +2195,9 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return false;
 
 	if (rate_found) {
+		struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =
+			local->hw.wiphy->bands[info->band];
+
 		info->control.flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_RATE_INJECT;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
@@ -2199,7 +2211,7 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		} else if (rate_flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS) {
 			ieee80211_rate_set_vht(info->control.rates, vht_mcs,
 					       vht_nss);
-		} else {
+		} else if (sband) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
 				if (rate * 5 != sband->bitrates[i].bitrate)
 					continue;
@@ -2236,8 +2248,8 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	info->flags = IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS |
 		      IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED;
 
-	/* Sanity-check and process the injection radiotap header */
-	if (!ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(skb, dev))
+	/* Sanity-check the length of the radiotap header */
+	if (!ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len(skb))
 		goto fail;
 
 	/* we now know there is a radiotap header with a length we can use */
@@ -2351,6 +2363,14 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ieee80211_select_queue_80211(sdata, skb, hdr);
 	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, ieee80211_ac_from_tid(skb->priority));
 
+	/*
+	 * Process the radiotap header. This will now take into account the
+	 * selected chandef above to accurately set injection rates and
+	 * retransmissions.
+	 */
+	if (!ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(skb, dev))
+		goto fail_rcu;
+
 	/* remove the injection radiotap header */
 	skb_pull(skb, len_rthdr);