diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_lro.c b/net/ipv4/inet_lro.c
index ac3b1d3..35b816e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_lro.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_lro.c
@@ -401,10 +401,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *lro_gen_skb(struc
 	int data_len = len;
 	int hdr_len = min(len, hlen);
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(lro_mgr->dev, hlen);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(lro_mgr->dev, hlen + 2);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
+	skb_reserve(skb, 2);
 	skb->len = len;
 	skb->data_len = len - hdr_len;
 	skb->truesize += true_size;