diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
index 1086113f0a4..028fc14ffd4 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ mesh_recv_mgmt(struct ieee80211_node *ni, struct mbuf *m0, int subtype,
 				meshid = frm;
 				break;
 			}
-			frm += frm[2] + 2;
+			frm += frm[1] + 2;
 		}
 		IEEE80211_VERIFY_ELEMENT(ssid, IEEE80211_NWID_LEN, return);
 		IEEE80211_VERIFY_ELEMENT(rates, IEEE80211_RATE_MAXSIZE, return);