*     increment traffic load value for tid and also remove
  *     any old values if passed the certain time period
  */
-static void rs_tl_add_packet(struct iwl4965_lq_sta *lq_data,
-                            struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
+static u8 rs_tl_add_packet(struct iwl4965_lq_sta *lq_data,
+                          struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
 {
        u32 curr_time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
        u32 time_diff;
                u8 *qc = ieee80211_get_qos_ctrl(hdr, ieee80211_get_hdrlen(fc));
                tid = qc[0] & 0xf;
        } else
-               return;
+               return MAX_TID_COUNT;
 
        tl = &lq_data->load[tid];
 
                tl->queue_count = 1;
                tl->head = 0;
                tl->packet_count[0] = 1;
-               return;
+               return MAX_TID_COUNT;
        }
 
        time_diff = TIME_WRAP_AROUND(tl->time_stamp, curr_time);
 
        if ((index + 1) > tl->queue_count)
                tl->queue_count = index + 1;
+
+       return tid;
 }
 
 /*
        }
        lq_sta = (struct iwl4965_lq_sta *)sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
 
-       rs_tl_add_packet(lq_sta, hdr);
+       tid = rs_tl_add_packet(lq_sta, hdr);
+
        /*
         * Select rate-scale / modulation-mode table to work with in
         * the rest of this function:  "search" if searching for better