const struct ieee80211_eht_cap_elem *eht_cap;
        const struct ieee80211_eht_operation *eht_operation;
        const struct ieee80211_multi_link_elem *ml_basic;
+       const struct ieee80211_multi_link_elem *ml_reconf;
        const struct ieee80211_bandwidth_indication *bandwidth_indication;
        const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *ttlm[IEEE80211_TTLM_MAX_CNT];
 
 
        /* mult-link element can be de-fragmented and thus u8 is not sufficient */
        size_t ml_basic_len;
+       size_t ml_reconf_len;
 
        /* The basic Multi-Link element in the original elements */
        const struct element *ml_basic_elem;
 
 static void ieee80211_ml_reconfiguration(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                         struct ieee802_11_elems *elems)
 {
-       const struct ieee80211_multi_link_elem *ml;
        const struct element *sub;
-       ssize_t ml_len;
        unsigned long removed_links = 0;
        u16 link_removal_timeout[IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS] = {};
        u8 link_id;
        u32 delay;
 
-       if (!ieee80211_vif_is_mld(&sdata->vif) || !elems->ml_reconf_elem)
+       if (!ieee80211_vif_is_mld(&sdata->vif) || !elems->ml_reconf)
                return;
 
-       ml_len = cfg80211_defragment_element(elems->ml_reconf_elem,
-                                            elems->ie_start,
-                                            elems->total_len,
-                                            elems->scratch_pos,
-                                            elems->scratch + elems->scratch_len -
-                                            elems->scratch_pos,
-                                            WLAN_EID_FRAGMENT);
-       if (ml_len < 0)
-               return;
-
-       ml = (const void *)elems->scratch_pos;
-
        /* Directly parse the sub elements as the common information doesn't
         * hold any useful information.
         */
-       for_each_mle_subelement(sub, (u8 *)ml, ml_len) {
+       for_each_mle_subelement(sub, (const u8 *)elems->ml_reconf,
+                               elems->ml_reconf_len) {
                struct ieee80211_mle_per_sta_profile *prof = (void *)sub->data;
                u8 *pos = prof->variable;
                u16 control;
 
        _ieee802_11_parse_elems_full(&sub, elems, non_inherit);
 }
 
+static void
+ieee80211_mle_defrag_reconf(struct ieee802_11_elems *elems)
+{
+       ssize_t ml_len;
+
+       ml_len = cfg80211_defragment_element(elems->ml_reconf_elem,
+                                            elems->ie_start,
+                                            elems->total_len,
+                                            elems->scratch_pos,
+                                            elems->scratch +
+                                            elems->scratch_len -
+                                            elems->scratch_pos,
+                                            WLAN_EID_FRAGMENT);
+       if (ml_len < 0)
+               return;
+       elems->ml_reconf = (void *)elems->scratch_pos;
+       elems->ml_reconf_len = ml_len;
+       elems->scratch_pos += ml_len;
+}
+
 struct ieee802_11_elems *
 ieee802_11_parse_elems_full(struct ieee80211_elems_parse_params *params)
 {
 
        ieee80211_mle_parse_link(elems, params);
 
+       ieee80211_mle_defrag_reconf(elems);
+
        if (elems->tim && !elems->parse_error) {
                const struct ieee80211_tim_ie *tim_ie = elems->tim;