diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 81b96e303757..59681f01a54e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ static int rx_submit (struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb, gfp_t flags)
 	unsigned long		lockflags;
 	size_t			size = dev->rx_urb_size;
 
-	if ((skb = alloc_skb (size + NET_IP_ALIGN, flags)) == NULL) {
+	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, size, flags);
+	if (!skb) {
 		netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "no rx skb\n");
 		usbnet_defer_kevent (dev, EVENT_RX_MEMORY);
 		usb_free_urb (urb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	skb_reserve (skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
 	entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 	entry->urb = urb;