diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 8c866b5cb97b2d7ffdc0ab5fcc081f2f6c063c8a..0c68fbd6faac68752ebde80fa8403ba08b04a541 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1491,6 +1491,16 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	return __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
+static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(struct net_device *dev,
+		unsigned int length)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+
+	if (NET_IP_ALIGN && skb)
+		skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	return skb;
+}
+
 extern struct page *__netdev_alloc_page(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 /**