diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
index d6f753925352d41758945aca8d5ef6340cceee9a..8441c86d9f3b4c91d847917d6cdef12f6d8f5eea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int ravb_ring_init(struct net_device *ndev, int q)
 	int i;
 
 	priv->rx_buf_sz = (ndev->mtu <= 1492 ? PKT_BUF_SZ : ndev->mtu) +
-		ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN;
+		ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN + sizeof(__sum16);
 
 	/* Allocate RX and TX skb rings */
 	priv->rx_skb[q] = kcalloc(priv->num_rx_ring[q],
@@ -525,13 +525,15 @@ static void ravb_rx_csum(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	u8 *hw_csum;
 
-	/* The hardware checksum is 2 bytes appended to packet data */
-	if (unlikely(skb->len < 2))
+	/* The hardware checksum is contained in sizeof(__sum16) (2) bytes
+	 * appended to packet data
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(skb->len < sizeof(__sum16)))
 		return;
-	hw_csum = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - 2;
+	hw_csum = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(__sum16);
 	skb->csum = csum_unfold((__force __sum16)get_unaligned_le16(hw_csum));
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE;
-	skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 2);
+	skb_trim(skb, skb->len - sizeof(__sum16));
 }
 
 /* Packet receive function for Ethernet AVB */