diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index 6cfa63a5e9b48b7f181f0d59916e17cf3f6b55f8..4c30c44b242e67e59d52f5cc00a230ba81ba68d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 /* Number of bytes of an RX frame that are copied to skb->data */
 #define BE_HDR_LEN		((u16) 64)
 /* allocate extra space to allow tunneling decapsulation without head reallocation */
-#define BE_RX_SKB_ALLOC_SIZE (BE_HDR_LEN + 64)
+#define BE_RX_SKB_ALLOC_SIZE	256
 
 #define BE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE	9018
 #define BE_MIN_MTU		256