2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index cbdec2536da6..453d48612f83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ static inline char *nic_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 /* Number of bytes of an RX frame that are copied to skb->data */
 #define BE_HDR_LEN              ((u16) 64)
+/* allocate extra space to allow tunneling decapsulation without head reallocation */
+#define BE_RX_SKB_ALLOC_SIZE (BE_HDR_LEN + 64)
+
 #define BE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE 9018
 #define BE_MIN_MTU              256
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index e703d64434f8..0fbf365f5c62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static void be_rx_compl_process(struct be_adapter *adapter,
         struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
         struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-        skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, BE_HDR_LEN);
+        skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, BE_RX_SKB_ALLOC_SIZE);
         if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                 rx_stats(rxo)->rx_drops_no_skbs++;
                 be_rx_compl_discard(adapter, rxo, rxcp);