diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
index 6d5d9ab..04663eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		 * The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
 		 * aligned on a 4 byte boundary.
 		 */
-		align = NET_IP_ALIGN + (2 * (header_size % 4 == 0));
+		align = header_size % 4;
 
 		/*
 		 * Allocate the sk_buffer, initialize it and copy