diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 36a51d264296..f83542ae0b3e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: adf76cfe24dab32a54e2dd1f51534cea8277f32a
+refs/heads/master: 8981f01001c616f58f1623ecadfab8b1ed758da7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 09bd4410fa65..f0bb1a4c8323 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -283,10 +283,11 @@ static void try_fill_recv_maxbufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 	for (;;) {
 		struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr;
 
-		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
 		if (unlikely(!skb))
 			break;
 
+		skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 		skb_put(skb, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
 
 		hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);