1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 09bd4410fa65..f0bb1a4c8323 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -283,10 +283,11 @@ static void try_fill_recv_maxbufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
         for (;;) {
                 struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr;
 
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+                skb = netdev_alloc_skb(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
                 if (unlikely(!skb))
                         break;
 
+                skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
                 skb_put(skb, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
 
                 hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);