diff --git a/src/wifi/model/he/he-phy.cc b/src/wifi/model/he/he-phy.cc
index 6e6ac6aa3..4ac305e8f 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/he/he-phy.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/he/he-phy.cc
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ HePhy::StartReceivePreamble (Ptr<WifiPpdu> ppdu, RxPowerWattPerChannelBand& rxPo
     }
   else
     {
-      PhyEntity::StartReceivePreamble (ppdu, rxPowersW, rxDuration);
+      PhyEntity::StartReceivePreamble (ppdu, rxPowersW, ppdu->GetTxDuration ()); // The actual duration of the PPDU should be used
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wifi/model/phy-entity.cc b/src/wifi/model/phy-entity.cc
index 3f402f1dc..9974b786a 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/phy-entity.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/phy-entity.cc
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ PhyEntity::DoEndReceiveField (WifiPpduField field, Ptr<Event> event)
 
 void
 PhyEntity::StartReceivePreamble (Ptr<WifiPpdu> ppdu, RxPowerWattPerChannelBand& rxPowersW,
-                                 Time /* rxDuration */)
+                                 Time rxDuration)
 {
   //The total RX power corresponds to the maximum over all the bands
   auto it = std::max_element (rxPowersW.begin (), rxPowersW.end (),
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ PhyEntity::StartReceivePreamble (Ptr<WifiPpdu> ppdu, RxPowerWattPerChannelBand&
                                 return p1.second < p2.second;
                               });
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << ppdu << it->second);
-  Time rxDuration = ppdu->GetTxDuration (); //the actual duration of the PPDU should be considered
 
   Ptr<Event> event = DoGetEvent (ppdu, rxPowersW);
   if (event == nullptr)