diff --git a/drivers/net/epic100.c b/drivers/net/epic100.c
index aa56963ad55820e2a763d64c102a36ae1b35dabf..c353bf3113cc335088e4322703a91cd5add4d60d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/epic100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/epic100.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static void epic_init_ring(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Fill in the Rx buffers.  Handle allocation failure gracefully. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(ep->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(ep->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 		ep->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL)
 			break;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static int epic_rx(struct net_device *dev, int budget)
 		entry = ep->dirty_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 		if (ep->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
-			skb = ep->rx_skbuff[entry] = dev_alloc_skb(ep->rx_buf_sz);
+			skb = ep->rx_skbuff[entry] = dev_alloc_skb(ep->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 			if (skb == NULL)
 				break;
 			skb_reserve(skb, 2);	/* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamachi.c b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
index 9a6485892b3d48dfbcf783a27b670be83704e803..80d25ed533447735d55804e152bb8d581fc911ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamachi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static void hamachi_init_ring(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 	/* Fill in the Rx buffers.  Handle allocation failure gracefully. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(hmp->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(hmp->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 		hmp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL)
 			break;
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int hamachi_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 		entry = hmp->dirty_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 		desc = &(hmp->rx_ring[entry]);
 		if (hmp->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-			struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(hmp->rx_buf_sz);
+			struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(hmp->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 
 			hmp->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
 			if (skb == NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
index cd1b3dcd61db67671e28df47cae7a19293fa881f..ec47e22fa186ce89ed7c2758998e6ff008d140aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
+++ b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int yellowfin_init_ring(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(yp->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(yp->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 		yp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL)
 			break;
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static int yellowfin_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 	for (; yp->cur_rx - yp->dirty_rx > 0; yp->dirty_rx++) {
 		entry = yp->dirty_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 		if (yp->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-			struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(yp->rx_buf_sz);
+			struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(yp->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 			if (skb == NULL)
 				break;				/* Better luck next round. */
 			yp->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;