diff --git a/include/net/ieee802154.h b/include/net/ieee802154.h
index c7ae0ac528dc1e..0aa7122e8f1539 100644
--- a/include/net/ieee802154.h
+++ b/include/net/ieee802154.h
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@
 #define IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_SHORT_INDEX		2
 #define IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_HW_INDEX		3
 
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_NONE		0
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC32		1
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC64		2
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC128		3
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC		4
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC32	5
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC64	6
+#define IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC128	7
+
 /* MAC footer size */
 #define IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE	2 /* 2 octets */
 
diff --git a/include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h b/include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h
index 5a719ca892f41c..bc9a7475e57e77 100644
--- a/include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h
+++ b/include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef IEEE802154_NETDEVICE_H
 #define IEEE802154_NETDEVICE_H
 
+#include <net/ieee802154.h>
 #include <net/af_ieee802154.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
@@ -114,6 +115,34 @@ int ieee802154_hdr_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr);
 int ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr);
 
+/* parses the full 802.15.4 header a given skb and stores them into hdr,
+ * performing pan id decompression and length checks to be suitable for use in
+ * header_ops.parse
+ */
+int ieee802154_hdr_peek(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr);
+
+int ieee802154_max_payload(const struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr);
+
+static inline int
+ieee802154_sechdr_authtag_len(const struct ieee802154_sechdr *sec)
+{
+	switch (sec->level) {
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC32:
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC32:
+		return 4;
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC64:
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC64:
+		return 8;
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_MIC128:
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC_MIC128:
+		return 16;
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_NONE:
+	case IEEE802154_SCF_SECLEVEL_ENC:
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static inline int ieee802154_hdr_length(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ieee802154_hdr hdr;
@@ -193,8 +222,9 @@ static inline void ieee802154_addr_to_sa(struct ieee802154_addr_sa *sa,
  */
 struct ieee802154_mac_cb {
 	u8 lqi;
-	u8 flags;
-	u8 seq;
+	u8 type;
+	bool ackreq;
+	bool secen;
 	struct ieee802154_addr source;
 	struct ieee802154_addr dest;
 };
@@ -204,24 +234,12 @@ static inline struct ieee802154_mac_cb *mac_cb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return (struct ieee802154_mac_cb *)skb->cb;
 }
 
-#define MAC_CB_FLAG_TYPEMASK		((1 << 3) - 1)
-
-#define MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ		(1 << 3)
-#define MAC_CB_FLAG_SECEN		(1 << 4)
-
-static inline bool mac_cb_is_ackreq(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline struct ieee802154_mac_cb *mac_cb_init(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	return mac_cb(skb)->flags & MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
-}
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee802154_mac_cb) > sizeof(skb->cb));
 
-static inline bool mac_cb_is_secen(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return mac_cb(skb)->flags & MAC_CB_FLAG_SECEN;
-}
-
-static inline int mac_cb_type(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return mac_cb(skb)->flags & MAC_CB_FLAG_TYPEMASK;
+	memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct ieee802154_mac_cb));
+	return mac_cb(skb);
 }
 
 #define IEEE802154_MAC_SCAN_ED		0
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
index 0f5a69ed746d83..1ae8a5628fb5b5 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	const u8 *saddr = _saddr;
 	const u8 *daddr = _daddr;
 	struct ieee802154_addr sa, da;
+	struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
 
 	/* TODO:
 	 * if this package isn't ipv6 one, where should it be routed?
@@ -115,8 +116,7 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * from MAC subif of the 'dev' and 'real_dev' network devices, but
 	 * this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
 	 */
-	mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
-	mac_cb(skb)->seq = ieee802154_mlme_ops(dev)->get_dsn(dev);
+	cb->type = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
 
 	/* prepare wpan address data */
 	sa.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
@@ -135,11 +135,10 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	} else {
 		da.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
 		da.extended_addr = ieee802154_devaddr_from_raw(daddr);
-
-		/* request acknowledgment */
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
 	}
 
+	cb->ackreq = !lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr);
+
 	return dev_hard_header(skb, lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev,
 			type, (void *)&da, (void *)&sa, 0);
 }
@@ -221,139 +220,149 @@ static int lowpan_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-lowpan_fragment_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *head,
-		     int mlen, int plen, int offset, int type)
+static struct sk_buff*
+lowpan_alloc_frag(struct sk_buff *skb, int size,
+		  const struct ieee802154_hdr *master_hdr)
 {
+	struct net_device *real_dev = lowpan_dev_info(skb->dev)->real_dev;
 	struct sk_buff *frag;
-	int hlen;
-
-	hlen = (type == LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1) ?
-			LOWPAN_FRAG1_HEAD_SIZE : LOWPAN_FRAGN_HEAD_SIZE;
-
-	raw_dump_inline(__func__, "6lowpan fragment header", head, hlen);
+	int rc;
+
+	frag = alloc_skb(real_dev->hard_header_len +
+			 real_dev->needed_tailroom + size,
+			 GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+	if (likely(frag)) {
+		frag->dev = real_dev;
+		frag->priority = skb->priority;
+		skb_reserve(frag, real_dev->hard_header_len);
+		skb_reset_network_header(frag);
+		*mac_cb(frag) = *mac_cb(skb);
+
+		rc = dev_hard_header(frag, real_dev, 0, &master_hdr->dest,
+				     &master_hdr->source, size);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			kfree_skb(frag);
+			return ERR_PTR(-rc);
+		}
+	} else {
+		frag = ERR_PTR(ENOMEM);
+	}
 
-	frag = netdev_alloc_skb(skb->dev,
-				hlen + mlen + plen + IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE);
-	if (!frag)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	return frag;
+}
 
-	frag->priority = skb->priority;
+static int
+lowpan_xmit_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ieee802154_hdr *wpan_hdr,
+		     u8 *frag_hdr, int frag_hdrlen,
+		     int offset, int len)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *frag;
 
-	/* copy header, MFR and payload */
-	skb_put(frag, mlen);
-	skb_copy_to_linear_data(frag, skb_mac_header(skb), mlen);
+	raw_dump_inline(__func__, " fragment header", frag_hdr, frag_hdrlen);
 
-	skb_put(frag, hlen);
-	skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset(frag, mlen, head, hlen);
+	frag = lowpan_alloc_frag(skb, frag_hdrlen + len, wpan_hdr);
+	if (IS_ERR(frag))
+		return -PTR_ERR(frag);
 
-	skb_put(frag, plen);
-	skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset(frag, mlen + hlen,
-				       skb_network_header(skb) + offset, plen);
+	memcpy(skb_put(frag, frag_hdrlen), frag_hdr, frag_hdrlen);
+	memcpy(skb_put(frag, len), skb_network_header(skb) + offset, len);
 
-	raw_dump_table(__func__, " raw fragment dump", frag->data, frag->len);
+	raw_dump_table(__func__, " fragment dump", frag->data, frag->len);
 
 	return dev_queue_xmit(frag);
 }
 
 static int
-lowpan_skb_fragmentation(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+lowpan_xmit_fragmented(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+		       const struct ieee802154_hdr *wpan_hdr)
 {
-	int err;
-	u16 dgram_offset, dgram_size, payload_length, header_length,
-	    lowpan_size, frag_plen, offset;
-	__be16 tag;
-	u8 head[5];
-
-	header_length = skb->mac_len;
-	payload_length = skb->len - header_length;
-	tag = lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag++;
-	lowpan_size = skb_network_header_len(skb);
+	u16 dgram_size, dgram_offset;
+	__be16 frag_tag;
+	u8 frag_hdr[5];
+	int frag_cap, frag_len, payload_cap, rc;
+	int skb_unprocessed, skb_offset;
+
 	dgram_size = lowpan_uncompress_size(skb, &dgram_offset) -
-		     header_length;
+		     skb->mac_len;
+	frag_tag = lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag++;
 
-	/* first fragment header */
-	head[0] = LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1 | ((dgram_size >> 8) & 0x7);
-	head[1] = dgram_size & 0xff;
-	memcpy(head + 2, &tag, sizeof(tag));
+	frag_hdr[0] = LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1 | ((dgram_size >> 8) & 0x07);
+	frag_hdr[1] = dgram_size & 0xff;
+	memcpy(frag_hdr + 2, &frag_tag, sizeof(frag_tag));
 
-	/* calc the nearest payload length(divided to 8) for first fragment
-	 * which fits into a IEEE802154_MTU
-	 */
-	frag_plen = round_down(IEEE802154_MTU - header_length -
-			       LOWPAN_FRAG1_HEAD_SIZE - lowpan_size -
-			       IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE, 8);
-
-	err = lowpan_fragment_xmit(skb, head, header_length,
-				   frag_plen + lowpan_size, 0,
-				   LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1);
-	if (err) {
-		pr_debug("%s unable to send FRAG1 packet (tag: %d)",
-			 __func__, tag);
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	payload_cap = ieee802154_max_payload(wpan_hdr);
 
-	offset = lowpan_size + frag_plen;
-	dgram_offset += frag_plen;
+	frag_len = round_down(payload_cap - LOWPAN_FRAG1_HEAD_SIZE -
+			      skb_network_header_len(skb), 8);
 
-	/* next fragment header */
-	head[0] &= ~LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1;
-	head[0] |= LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAGN;
+	skb_offset = skb_network_header_len(skb);
+	skb_unprocessed = skb->len - skb->mac_len - skb_offset;
 
-	frag_plen = round_down(IEEE802154_MTU - header_length -
-			       LOWPAN_FRAGN_HEAD_SIZE - IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE, 8);
+	rc = lowpan_xmit_fragment(skb, wpan_hdr, frag_hdr,
+				  LOWPAN_FRAG1_HEAD_SIZE, 0,
+				  frag_len + skb_network_header_len(skb));
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_debug("%s unable to send FRAG1 packet (tag: %d)",
+			 __func__, frag_tag);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-	while (payload_length - offset > 0) {
-		int len = frag_plen;
+	frag_hdr[0] &= ~LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1;
+	frag_hdr[0] |= LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAGN;
+	frag_cap = round_down(payload_cap - LOWPAN_FRAGN_HEAD_SIZE, 8);
 
-		head[4] = dgram_offset >> 3;
+	while (skb_unprocessed >= frag_cap) {
+		dgram_offset += frag_len;
+		skb_offset += frag_len;
+		skb_unprocessed -= frag_len;
+		frag_len = min(frag_cap, skb_unprocessed);
 
-		if (payload_length - offset < len)
-			len = payload_length - offset;
+		frag_hdr[4] = dgram_offset >> 3;
 
-		err = lowpan_fragment_xmit(skb, head, header_length, len,
-					   offset, LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAGN);
-		if (err) {
+		rc = lowpan_xmit_fragment(skb, wpan_hdr, frag_hdr,
+					  LOWPAN_FRAGN_HEAD_SIZE, skb_offset,
+					  frag_len);
+		if (rc) {
 			pr_debug("%s unable to send a FRAGN packet. (tag: %d, offset: %d)\n",
-				 __func__, tag, offset);
-			goto exit;
+				 __func__, frag_tag, skb_offset);
+			goto err;
 		}
-
-		offset += len;
-		dgram_offset += len;
 	}
 
-exit:
-	return err;
+	consume_skb(skb);
+	return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
+
+err:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static netdev_tx_t lowpan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	int err = -1;
+	struct ieee802154_hdr wpan_hdr;
+	int max_single;
 
 	pr_debug("package xmit\n");
 
-	skb->dev = lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev;
-	if (skb->dev == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ERROR: no real wpan device found\n");
-		goto error;
+	if (ieee802154_hdr_peek(skb, &wpan_hdr) < 0) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 	}
 
-	/* Send directly if less than the MTU minus the 2 checksum bytes. */
-	if (skb->len <= IEEE802154_MTU - IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE) {
-		err = dev_queue_xmit(skb);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	max_single = ieee802154_max_payload(&wpan_hdr);
 
-	pr_debug("frame is too big, fragmentation is needed\n");
-	err = lowpan_skb_fragmentation(skb, dev);
-error:
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-out:
-	if (err)
-		pr_debug("ERROR: xmit failed\n");
+	if (skb_tail_pointer(skb) - skb_network_header(skb) <= max_single) {
+		skb->dev = lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev;
+		return dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+	} else {
+		netdev_tx_t rc;
+
+		pr_debug("frame is too big, fragmentation is needed\n");
+		rc = lowpan_xmit_fragmented(skb, dev, &wpan_hdr);
 
-	return (err < 0) ? NET_XMIT_DROP : err;
+		return rc < 0 ? NET_XMIT_DROP : rc;
+	}
 }
 
 static struct wpan_phy *lowpan_get_phy(const struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
index 786437bc0c0853..76c77256a56e6c 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct dgram_sock {
 	struct ieee802154_addr dst_addr;
 
 	unsigned int bound:1;
+	unsigned int connected:1;
 	unsigned int want_ack:1;
 };
 
@@ -73,10 +74,7 @@ static int dgram_init(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct dgram_sock *ro = dgram_sk(sk);
 
-	ro->dst_addr.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-	ro->dst_addr.pan_id = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_PANID_BROADCAST);
 	ro->want_ack = 1;
-	memset(&ro->dst_addr.extended_addr, 0xff, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +181,7 @@ static int dgram_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	}
 
 	ieee802154_addr_from_sa(&ro->dst_addr, &addr->addr);
+	ro->connected = 1;
 
 out:
 	release_sock(sk);
@@ -194,10 +193,7 @@ static int dgram_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	struct dgram_sock *ro = dgram_sk(sk);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
-
-	ro->dst_addr.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-	memset(&ro->dst_addr.extended_addr, 0xff, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
-
+	ro->connected = 0;
 	release_sock(sk);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -209,7 +205,9 @@ static int dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	unsigned int mtu;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb;
 	struct dgram_sock *ro = dgram_sk(sk);
+	struct ieee802154_addr dst_addr;
 	int hlen, tlen;
 	int err;
 
@@ -218,6 +216,11 @@ static int dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (!ro->connected && !msg->msg_name)
+		return -EDESTADDRREQ;
+	else if (ro->connected && msg->msg_name)
+		return -EISCONN;
+
 	if (!ro->bound)
 		dev = dev_getfirstbyhwtype(sock_net(sk), ARPHRD_IEEE802154);
 	else
@@ -249,18 +252,23 @@ static int dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 
-	mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
-	if (ro->want_ack)
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
+	cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
+	cb->type = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+	cb->ackreq = ro->want_ack;
 
-	mac_cb(skb)->seq = ieee802154_mlme_ops(dev)->get_dsn(dev);
-	err = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ETH_P_IEEE802154, &ro->dst_addr,
-			ro->bound ? &ro->src_addr : NULL, size);
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_ieee802154*, daddr, msg->msg_name);
+
+		ieee802154_addr_from_sa(&dst_addr, &daddr->addr);
+	} else {
+		dst_addr = ro->dst_addr;
+	}
+
+	err = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ETH_P_IEEE802154, &dst_addr,
+			      ro->bound ? &ro->src_addr : NULL, size);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_skb;
 
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-
 	err = memcpy_fromiovec(skb_put(skb, size), msg->msg_iov, size);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_skb;
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/header_ops.c b/net/ieee802154/header_ops.c
index bed42a48408c6c..c09294e39ca603 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/header_ops.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/header_ops.c
@@ -195,15 +195,16 @@ ieee802154_hdr_get_sechdr(const u8 *buf, struct ieee802154_sechdr *hdr)
 	return pos;
 }
 
+static int ieee802154_sechdr_lengths[4] = {
+	[IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_IMPLICIT] = 5,
+	[IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_INDEX] = 6,
+	[IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_SHORT_INDEX] = 10,
+	[IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_HW_INDEX] = 14,
+};
+
 static int ieee802154_hdr_sechdr_len(u8 sc)
 {
-	switch (IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_ID_MODE(sc)) {
-	case IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_IMPLICIT: return 5;
-	case IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_INDEX: return 6;
-	case IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_SHORT_INDEX: return 10;
-	case IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_HW_INDEX: return 14;
-	default: return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	return ieee802154_sechdr_lengths[IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_ID_MODE(sc)];
 }
 
 static int ieee802154_hdr_minlen(const struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
@@ -285,3 +286,40 @@ ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
 	return pos;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs);
+
+int
+ieee802154_hdr_peek(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	const u8 *buf = skb_mac_header(skb);
+	int pos;
+
+	pos = ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs(skb, hdr);
+	if (pos < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (hdr->fc.security_enabled) {
+		u8 key_id_mode = IEEE802154_SCF_KEY_ID_MODE(*(buf + pos));
+		int want = pos + ieee802154_sechdr_lengths[key_id_mode];
+
+		if (buf + want > skb_tail_pointer(skb))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		pos += ieee802154_hdr_get_sechdr(buf + pos, &hdr->sec);
+	}
+
+	return pos;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee802154_hdr_peek);
+
+int ieee802154_max_payload(const struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	int hlen = ieee802154_hdr_minlen(hdr);
+
+	if (hdr->fc.security_enabled) {
+		hlen += ieee802154_sechdr_lengths[hdr->sec.key_id_mode] - 1;
+		hlen += ieee802154_sechdr_authtag_len(&hdr->sec);
+	}
+
+	return IEEE802154_MTU - hlen - IEEE802154_MFR_SIZE;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee802154_max_payload);
diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c
index 03855b0677ccf8..0597b96dc9bac1 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ mac802154_subif_rx(struct ieee802154_dev *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 lqi)
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IEEE802154);
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee802154_mac_cb) > sizeof(skb->cb));
-
 	if (!(priv->hw.flags & IEEE802154_HW_OMIT_CKSUM)) {
 		u16 crc;
 
diff --git a/net/mac802154/wpan.c b/net/mac802154/wpan.c
index 1df7a6a573865b..ed105774c15d48 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/wpan.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/wpan.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void mac802154_get_mac_params(struct net_device *dev,
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->hw->slaves_mtx);
 }
 
-int mac802154_wpan_open(struct net_device *dev)
+static int mac802154_wpan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct mac802154_sub_if_data *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -192,15 +192,17 @@ static int mac802154_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct ieee802154_hdr hdr;
 	struct mac802154_sub_if_data *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb(skb);
 	int hlen;
 
 	if (!daddr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	memset(&hdr.fc, 0, sizeof(hdr.fc));
-	hdr.fc.type = mac_cb_type(skb);
-	hdr.fc.security_enabled = mac_cb_is_secen(skb);
-	hdr.fc.ack_request = mac_cb_is_ackreq(skb);
+	hdr.fc.type = cb->type;
+	hdr.fc.security_enabled = cb->secen;
+	hdr.fc.ack_request = cb->ackreq;
+	hdr.seq = ieee802154_mlme_ops(dev)->get_dsn(dev);
 
 	if (!saddr) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&priv->mib_lock);
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ static int mac802154_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb->mac_len = hlen;
 
-	if (hlen + len + 2 > dev->mtu)
+	if (len > ieee802154_max_payload(&hdr))
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	return hlen;
@@ -391,12 +393,12 @@ mac802154_subif_frame(struct mac802154_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sdata->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	sdata->dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 
-	switch (mac_cb_type(skb)) {
+	switch (mac_cb(skb)->type) {
 	case IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA:
 		return mac802154_process_data(sdata->dev, skb);
 	default:
 		pr_warn("ieee802154: bad frame received (type = %d)\n",
-			mac_cb_type(skb));
+			mac_cb(skb)->type);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 	}
@@ -423,6 +425,7 @@ static int mac802154_parse_frame_start(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int hlen;
 	struct ieee802154_hdr hdr;
+	struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
 
 	hlen = ieee802154_hdr_pull(skb, &hdr);
 	if (hlen < 0)
@@ -433,18 +436,15 @@ static int mac802154_parse_frame_start(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	pr_debug("fc: %04x dsn: %02x\n", le16_to_cpup((__le16 *)&hdr.fc),
 		 hdr.seq);
 
-	mac_cb(skb)->flags = hdr.fc.type;
-
-	if (hdr.fc.ack_request)
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
-	if (hdr.fc.security_enabled)
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_SECEN;
+	cb->type = hdr.fc.type;
+	cb->ackreq = hdr.fc.ack_request;
+	cb->secen = hdr.fc.security_enabled;
 
 	mac802154_print_addr("destination", &hdr.dest);
 	mac802154_print_addr("source", &hdr.source);
 
-	mac_cb(skb)->source = hdr.source;
-	mac_cb(skb)->dest = hdr.dest;
+	cb->source = hdr.source;
+	cb->dest = hdr.dest;
 
 	if (hdr.fc.security_enabled) {
 		u64 key;