--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -6388,7 +6388,12 @@ bool ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(struct iee
 
 /**
  * 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
  */
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2002,6 +2002,26 @@ void ieee80211_xmit(struct ieee80211_sub
 	ieee80211_tx(sdata, sta, skb, false);
 }
 
+static bool ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *rthdr =
+		(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)))
+		return false; /* too short to be possibly valid */
+
+	/* is it a header version we can trust to find length from? */
+	if (unlikely(rthdr->it_version))
+		return false; /* only version 0 is supported */
+
+	/* does the skb contain enough to deliver on the alleged length? */
+	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)
 {
@@ -2010,8 +2030,6 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct
 	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;
@@ -2024,17 +2042,8 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct
 	u8 vht_mcs = 0, vht_nss = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	/* check for not even having the fixed radiotap header part */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < sizeof(struct ieee80211_radiotap_header)))
-		return false; /* too short to be possibly valid */
-
-	/* is it a header version we can trust to find length from? */
-	if (unlikely(rthdr->it_version))
-		return false; /* only version 0 is supported */
-
-	/* does the skb contain enough to deliver on the alleged length? */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < ieee80211_get_radiotap_len(skb->data)))
-		return false; /* skb too short for claimed rt header extent */
+	if (!ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len(skb))
+		return false;
 
 	info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT |
 		       IEEE80211_TX_CTL_DONTFRAG;
@@ -2174,6 +2183,9 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct
 		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++) {
@@ -2187,7 +2199,7 @@ bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct
 		} 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;
@@ -2224,8 +2236,8 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit
 	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 */
@@ -2339,6 +2351,14 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit
 	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);
 
