diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 29c0e38d9b62..c37febd71308 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4afb7527ac8cc7bd8f03570e12f6eed0eca03363
+refs/heads/master: a8d764b9832d3cc86019f71916665dd2d337d7c2
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/pktgen.c b/trunk/net/core/pktgen.c
index 2953b2abc971..18fe20dacc60 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -2660,6 +2660,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv4(struct net_device *odev,
 		sprintf(pkt_dev->result, "No memory");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	prefetchw(skb->data);
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, datalen);
 
@@ -3007,6 +3008,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv6(struct net_device *odev,
 		sprintf(pkt_dev->result, "No memory");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	prefetchw(skb->data);
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, 16);