diff --git a/drivers/net/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
index 7fa7a90..ce8fef1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@
 			entry = np->old_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 			/* Dropped packets don't need to re-allocate */
 			if (np->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-				skb = netdev_alloc_skb (dev, np->rx_buf_sz);
+				skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev,
+								np->rx_buf_sz);
 				if (skb == NULL) {
 					np->rx_ring[entry].fraginfo = 0;
 					printk (KERN_INFO
@@ -514,8 +515,6 @@
 					break;
 				}
 				np->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
-				/* 16 byte align the IP header */
-				skb_reserve (skb, 2);
 				np->rx_ring[entry].fraginfo =
 				    cpu_to_le64 (pci_map_single
 					 (np->pdev, skb->data, np->rx_buf_sz,
@@ -576,7 +575,9 @@
 	/* Allocate the rx buffers */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
 		/* Allocated fixed size of skbuff */
-		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb (dev, np->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, np->rx_buf_sz);
 		np->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL) {
 			printk (KERN_ERR
@@ -584,7 +585,6 @@
 				dev->name);
 			break;
 		}
-		skb_reserve (skb, 2);	/* 16 byte align the IP header. */
 		/* Rubicon now supports 40 bits of addressing space. */
 		np->rx_ring[i].fraginfo =
 		    cpu_to_le64 ( pci_map_single (
@@ -871,13 +871,11 @@
 						  PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 				skb_put (skb = np->rx_skbuff[entry], pkt_len);
 				np->rx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
-			} else if ((skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, pkt_len + 2))) {
+			} else if ((skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, pkt_len))) {
 				pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(np->pdev,
 							    desc_to_dma(desc),
 							    np->rx_buf_sz,
 							    PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
-				/* 16 byte align the IP header */
-				skb_reserve (skb, 2);
 				skb_copy_to_linear_data (skb,
 						  np->rx_skbuff[entry]->data,
 						  pkt_len);
@@ -907,7 +905,7 @@
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		/* Dropped packets don't need to re-allocate */
 		if (np->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-			skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, np->rx_buf_sz);
+			skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, np->rx_buf_sz);
 			if (skb == NULL) {
 				np->rx_ring[entry].fraginfo = 0;
 				printk (KERN_INFO
@@ -917,8 +915,6 @@
 				break;
 			}
 			np->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
-			/* 16 byte align the IP header */
-			skb_reserve (skb, 2);
 			np->rx_ring[entry].fraginfo =
 			    cpu_to_le64 (pci_map_single
 					 (np->pdev, skb->data, np->rx_buf_sz,