diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index bb47314..fe37c21 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1680,31 +1680,11 @@
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
-/**
- *	__dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving
- *	@length: length to allocate
- *	@gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
- *
- *	Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
- *	buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
- *	the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
- *	built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
- *
- *	%NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
- */
-static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length,
-					      gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *skb = alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask);
-	if (likely(skb))
-		skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD);
-	return skb;
-}
-
-extern struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length);
+extern void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz);
 
 extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
-		unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+					  unsigned int length,
+					  gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 /**
  *	netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
@@ -1720,11 +1700,25 @@
  *	allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt.
  */
 static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
-		unsigned int length)
+					       unsigned int length)
 {
 	return __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
+/* legacy helper around __netdev_alloc_skb() */
+static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length,
+					      gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return __netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, length, gfp_mask);
+}
+
+/* legacy helper around netdev_alloc_skb() */
+static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
+{
+	return netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, length);
+}
+
+
 static inline struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(struct net_device *dev,
 		unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp)
 {