diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
index 8db4e6b..491ee16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
@@ -1692,12 +1692,14 @@
 			vp->rx_ring[i].next = cpu_to_le32(vp->rx_ring_dma + sizeof(struct boom_rx_desc) * (i+1));
 			vp->rx_ring[i].status = 0;	/* Clear complete bit. */
 			vp->rx_ring[i].length = cpu_to_le32(PKT_BUF_SZ | LAST_FRAG);
-			skb = dev_alloc_skb(PKT_BUF_SZ);
+
+			skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, PKT_BUF_SZ + NET_IP_ALIGN,
+						 GFP_KERNEL);
 			vp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 			if (skb == NULL)
 				break;			/* Bad news!  */
-			skb->dev = dev;			/* Mark as being used by this device. */
-			skb_reserve(skb, 2);	/* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */
+
+			skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);	/* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */
 			vp->rx_ring[i].addr = cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single(VORTEX_PCI(vp), skb->data, PKT_BUF_SZ, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE));
 		}
 		if (i != RX_RING_SIZE) {
@@ -2538,7 +2540,7 @@
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		entry = vp->dirty_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 		if (vp->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-			skb = dev_alloc_skb(PKT_BUF_SZ);
+			skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, PKT_BUF_SZ + NET_IP_ALIGN);
 			if (skb == NULL) {
 				static unsigned long last_jif;
 				if (time_after(jiffies, last_jif + 10 * HZ)) {
@@ -2549,8 +2551,8 @@
 					mod_timer(&vp->rx_oom_timer, RUN_AT(HZ * 1));
 				break;			/* Bad news!  */
 			}
-			skb->dev = dev;			/* Mark as being used by this device. */
-			skb_reserve(skb, 2);	/* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */
+
+			skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 			vp->rx_ring[entry].addr = cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single(VORTEX_PCI(vp), skb->data, PKT_BUF_SZ, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE));
 			vp->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
 		}