diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index a03bcbdd04f3373345211a0c0fcc7556f072bed7..58f5b90f11d46bb7a5b683a33be188b05495c6ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ static int rx_submit(struct lan78xx_net *dev, struct urb *urb, gfp_t flags)
 	size_t size = dev->rx_urb_size;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, size);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev->net, size);
 	if (!skb) {
 		usb_free_urb(urb);
 		return -ENOMEM;