diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 2207f7a7d1ffbb3fe6c4fefa101c4bb2ae01384e..8455f72007b9e7370b917f14952db0354ea5e8b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1400,10 +1400,10 @@ static int ax88179_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		}
 
 		if (pkt_cnt == 0) {
-			/* Skip IP alignment psudo header */
-			skb_pull(skb, 2);
 			skb->len = pkt_len;
-			skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, pkt_len);
+			/* Skip IP alignment pseudo header */
+			skb_pull(skb, 2);
+			skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, skb->len);
 			skb->truesize = pkt_len + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
 			ax88179_rx_checksum(skb, pkt_hdr);
 			return 1;
@@ -1412,8 +1412,9 @@ static int ax88179_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		ax_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (ax_skb) {
 			ax_skb->len = pkt_len;
-			ax_skb->data = skb->data + 2;
-			skb_set_tail_pointer(ax_skb, pkt_len);
+			/* Skip IP alignment pseudo header */
+			skb_pull(ax_skb, 2);
+			skb_set_tail_pointer(ax_skb, ax_skb->len);
 			ax_skb->truesize = pkt_len + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
 			ax88179_rx_checksum(ax_skb, pkt_hdr);
 			usbnet_skb_return(dev, ax_skb);