1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
index 2780df00623c..6d5d9aba0b73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ void rt2x00pci_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
         struct data_entry *entry;
         struct data_desc *rxd;
         struct sk_buff *skb;
+        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
         struct rxdata_entry_desc desc;
+        int header_size;
+        int align;
         u32 word;
 
         while (1) {
@@ -138,17 +141,26 @@ void rt2x00pci_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
                 memset(&desc, 0x00, sizeof(desc));
                 rt2x00dev->ops->lib->fill_rxdone(entry, &desc);
 
+                hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)entry->data_addr;
+                header_size =
+                    ieee80211_get_hdrlen(le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control));
+
+                /*
+                 * The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
+                 * aligned on a 4 byte boundary.
+                 */
+                align = NET_IP_ALIGN + (2 * (header_size % 4 == 0));
+
                 /*
                  * Allocate the sk_buffer, initialize it and copy
                  * all data into it.
                  */
-                skb = dev_alloc_skb(desc.size + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+                skb = dev_alloc_skb(desc.size + align);
                 if (!skb)
                         return;
 
-                skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
-                skb_put(skb, desc.size);
-                memcpy(skb->data, entry->data_addr, desc.size);
+                skb_reserve(skb, align);
+                memcpy(skb_put(skb, desc.size), entry->data_addr, desc.size);
 
                 /*
                  * Send the frame to rt2x00lib for further processing.