diff --git a/drivers/net/hamachi.c b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
index 1d5064a..18bd9fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamachi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
@@ -406,10 +406,9 @@
 /* A few values that may be tweaked. */
 /* Size of each temporary Rx buffer, calculated as:
  * 1518 bytes (ethernet packet) + 2 bytes (to get 8 byte alignment for
- * the card) + 8 bytes of status info + 8 bytes for the Rx Checksum +
- * 2 more because we use skb_reserve.
+ * the card) + 8 bytes of status info + 8 bytes for the Rx Checksum
  */
-#define PKT_BUF_SZ		1538
+#define PKT_BUF_SZ		1536
 
 /* For now, this is going to be set to the maximum size of an ethernet
  * packet.  Eventually, we may want to make it a variable that is
@@ -1151,12 +1150,13 @@
 	}
 	/* Fill in the Rx buffers.  Handle allocation failure gracefully. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, hmp->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, hmp->rx_buf_sz);
 		hmp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL)
 			break;
 
-		skb_reserve(skb, 2); /* 16 byte align the IP header. */
                 hmp->rx_ring[i].addr = cpu_to_leXX(pci_map_single(hmp->pci_dev,
 			skb->data, hmp->rx_buf_sz, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE));
 		hmp->rx_ring[i].status_n_length = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn |
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
 	 * card.  -KDU
 	 */
 	hmp->rx_buf_sz = (dev->mtu <= 1492 ? PKT_BUF_SZ :
-		(((dev->mtu+26+7) & ~7) + 2 + 16));
+		(((dev->mtu+26+7) & ~7) + 16));
 
 	/* Initialize all Rx descriptors. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {