diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f30a26820126b..d0b848ff5c0f1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_stream_alloc_skb(struct sock *sk, int size, gfp_t gfp,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	/* The TCP header must be at least 32-bit aligned.  */
-	size = ALIGN(size, 4);
-
 	if (unlikely(tcp_under_memory_pressure(sk)))
 		sk_mem_reclaim_partial(sk);