diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 661cf3d..3be4c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1129,20 +1129,22 @@
 	__le32 *rxd =
 	    (__le32 *)(entry->skb->data +
 		       (priv_rx->urb->actual_length - entry->queue->desc_size));
-	unsigned int offset = entry->queue->desc_size + 2;
 	u32 word0;
 	u32 word1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Copy descriptor to the available headroom inside the skbuffer.
+	 * Copy descriptor to the skb->cb array, this has 2 benefits:
+	 * 1) Each descriptor word is 4 byte aligned.
+	 * 2) Descriptor is safe  from moving of frame data in rt2x00usb.
 	 */
-	skb_push(entry->skb, offset);
-	memcpy(entry->skb->data, rxd, entry->queue->desc_size);
-	rxd = (__le32 *)entry->skb->data;
+	skbdesc->desc_len =
+	    min_t(u16, entry->queue->desc_size, sizeof(entry->skb->cb));
+	memcpy(entry->skb->cb, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
+	skbdesc->desc = entry->skb->cb;
+	rxd = (__le32 *)skbdesc->desc;
 
 	/*
-	 * The descriptor is now aligned to 4 bytes and thus it is
-	 * now safe to read it on all architectures.
+	 * It is now safe to read the descriptor on all architectures.
 	 */
 	rt2x00_desc_read(rxd, 0, &word0);
 	rt2x00_desc_read(rxd, 1, &word1);
@@ -1173,16 +1175,9 @@
 	/*
 	 * Adjust the skb memory window to the frame boundaries.
 	 */
-	skb_pull(entry->skb, offset);
 	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc->size);
-
-	/*
-	 * Set descriptor and data pointer.
-	 */
 	skbdesc->data = entry->skb->data;
 	skbdesc->data_len = rxdesc->size;
-	skbdesc->desc = rxd;
-	skbdesc->desc_len = entry->queue->desc_size;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index caee65e..f72b3d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -246,22 +246,35 @@
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned int frame_size;
+	unsigned int reserved_size;
 
 	/*
-	 * As alignment we use 2 and not NET_IP_ALIGN because we need
-	 * to be sure we have 2 bytes room in the head. (NET_IP_ALIGN
-	 * can be 0 on some hardware). We use these 2 bytes for frame
-	 * alignment later, we assume that the chance that
-	 * header_size % 4 == 2 is bigger then header_size % 2 == 0
-	 * and thus optimize alignment by reserving the 2 bytes in
-	 * advance.
+	 * The frame size includes descriptor size, because the
+	 * hardware directly receive the frame into the skbuffer.
 	 */
 	frame_size = queue->data_size + queue->desc_size;
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(queue->desc_size + frame_size + 2);
+
+	/*
+	 * For the allocation we should keep a few things in mind:
+	 * 1) 4byte alignment of 802.11 payload
+	 *
+	 * For (1) we need at most 4 bytes to guarentee the correct
+	 * alignment. We are going to optimize the fact that the chance
+	 * that the 802.11 header_size % 4 == 2 is much bigger then
+	 * anything else. However since we need to move the frame up
+	 * to 3 bytes to the front, which means we need to preallocate
+	 * 6 bytes.
+	 */
+	reserved_size = 6;
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate skbuffer.
+	 */
+	skb = dev_alloc_skb(frame_size + reserved_size);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, queue->desc_size + 2);
+	skb_reserve(skb, reserved_size);
 	skb_put(skb, frame_size);
 
 	return skb;
@@ -274,7 +287,8 @@
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct skb_frame_desc *skbdesc;
 	struct rxdone_entry_desc rxdesc;
-	int header_size;
+	unsigned int header_size;
+	unsigned int align;
 
 	if (!test_bit(DEVICE_ENABLED_RADIO, &rt2x00dev->flags) ||
 	    !test_and_clear_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags))
@@ -298,19 +312,29 @@
 	memset(&rxdesc, 0, sizeof(rxdesc));
 	rt2x00dev->ops->lib->fill_rxdone(entry, &rxdesc);
 
+	header_size = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(entry->skb);
+
 	/*
 	 * The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
-	 * aligned on a 4 byte boundary.
+	 * aligned on a 4 byte boundary. We already reserved
+	 * 2 bytes for header_size % 4 == 2 optimization.
+	 * To determine the number of bytes which the data
+	 * should be moved to the left, we must add these
+	 * 2 bytes to the header_size.
 	 */
-	header_size = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(entry->skb);
-	if (header_size % 4 == 0) {
-		skb_push(entry->skb, 2);
-		memmove(entry->skb->data, entry->skb->data + 2,
-			entry->skb->len - 2);
-		skbdesc->data = entry->skb->data;
-		skb_trim(entry->skb,entry->skb->len - 2);
+	align = (header_size + 2) % 4;
+
+	if (align) {
+		skb_push(entry->skb, align);
+		/* Move entire frame in 1 command */
+		memmove(entry->skb->data, entry->skb->data + align,
+			rxdesc.size);
 	}
 
+	/* Update data pointers, trim buffer to correct size */
+	skbdesc->data = entry->skb->data;
+	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc.size);
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a new sk buffer to replace the current one.
 	 * If allocation fails, we should drop the current frame
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index 2191d8b..1bcf8c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -1403,20 +1403,22 @@
 {
 	struct skb_frame_desc *skbdesc = get_skb_frame_desc(entry->skb);
 	__le32 *rxd = (__le32 *)entry->skb->data;
-	unsigned int offset = entry->queue->desc_size + 2;
 	u32 word0;
 	u32 word1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Copy descriptor to the available headroom inside the skbuffer.
+	 * Copy descriptor to the skb->cb array, this has 2 benefits:
+	 * 1) Each descriptor word is 4 byte aligned.
+	 * 2) Descriptor is safe  from moving of frame data in rt2x00usb.
 	 */
-	skb_push(entry->skb, offset);
-	memcpy(entry->skb->data, rxd, entry->queue->desc_size);
-	rxd = (__le32 *)entry->skb->data;
+	skbdesc->desc_len =
+	    min_t(u16, entry->queue->desc_size, sizeof(entry->skb->cb));
+	memcpy(entry->skb->cb, rxd, skbdesc->desc_len);
+	skbdesc->desc = entry->skb->cb;
+	rxd = (__le32 *)skbdesc->desc;
 
 	/*
-	 * The descriptor is now aligned to 4 bytes and thus it is
-	 * now safe to read it on all architectures.
+	 * It is now safe to read the descriptor on all architectures.
 	 */
 	rt2x00_desc_read(rxd, 0, &word0);
 	rt2x00_desc_read(rxd, 1, &word1);
@@ -1442,18 +1444,12 @@
 		rxdesc->dev_flags |= RXDONE_MY_BSS;
 
 	/*
-	 * Adjust the skb memory window to the frame boundaries.
+	 * Set skb pointers, and update frame information.
 	 */
-	skb_pull(entry->skb, offset + entry->queue->desc_size);
+	skb_pull(entry->skb, entry->queue->desc_size);
 	skb_trim(entry->skb, rxdesc->size);
-
-	/*
-	 * Set descriptor and data pointer.
-	 */
 	skbdesc->data = entry->skb->data;
 	skbdesc->data_len = rxdesc->size;
-	skbdesc->desc = rxd;
-	skbdesc->desc_len = entry->queue->desc_size;
 }
 
 /*