1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index e04e5bee005c..144db6395c95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -1949,10 +1949,9 @@ static int velocity_rx_copy(struct sk_buff **rx_skb, int pkt_size,
         if (pkt_size < rx_copybreak) {
                 struct sk_buff *new_skb;
 
-                new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(vptr->dev, pkt_size + 2);
+                new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(vptr->dev, pkt_size);
                 if (new_skb) {
                         new_skb->ip_summed = rx_skb[0]->ip_summed;
-                        skb_reserve(new_skb, 2);
                         skb_copy_from_linear_data(*rx_skb, new_skb->data, pkt_size);
                         *rx_skb = new_skb;
                         ret = 0;