diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index 5c1bc995e5603ced273bc4731ff67ff88eaf6f76..f10221f40803959198a3b85e21b8b57ce01ea60a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void ipoib_ud_skb_put_frags(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv,
 
 		skb_frag_size_set(frag, size);
 		skb->data_len += size;
-		skb->truesize += size;
+		skb->truesize += PAGE_SIZE;
 	} else
 		skb_put(skb, length);
 
@@ -156,14 +156,18 @@ static struct sk_buff *ipoib_alloc_rx_skb(struct net_device *dev, int id)
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int buf_size;
+	int tailroom;
 	u64 *mapping;
 
-	if (ipoib_ud_need_sg(priv->max_ib_mtu))
+	if (ipoib_ud_need_sg(priv->max_ib_mtu)) {
 		buf_size = IPOIB_UD_HEAD_SIZE;
-	else
+		tailroom = 128; /* reserve some tailroom for IP/TCP headers */
+	} else {
 		buf_size = IPOIB_UD_BUF_SIZE(priv->max_ib_mtu);
+		tailroom = 0;
+	}
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(buf_size + 4);
+	skb = dev_alloc_skb(buf_size + tailroom + 4);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;