diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 01f4eb5c8b78..69fb225e59a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ module_param(csum, bool, 0444);
 module_param(gso, bool, 0444);
 
 /* FIXME: MTU in config. */
-#define MAX_PACKET_LEN (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN + ETH_DATA_LEN)
+#define GOOD_PACKET_LEN (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN + ETH_DATA_LEN)
+#define MERGE_BUFFER_LEN (ALIGN(GOOD_PACKET_LEN + \
+                                sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf), \
+                                L1_CACHE_BYTES))
 #define GOOD_COPY_LEN	128
 
 #define VIRTNET_DRIVER_VERSION "1.0.0"
@@ -314,10 +317,10 @@ static int receive_mergeable(struct receive_queue *rq, struct sk_buff *head_skb)
 			head_skb->dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (unlikely(len > MAX_PACKET_LEN)) {
+		if (unlikely(len > MERGE_BUFFER_LEN)) {
 			pr_debug("%s: rx error: merge buffer too long\n",
 				 head_skb->dev->name);
-			len = MAX_PACKET_LEN;
+			len = MERGE_BUFFER_LEN;
 		}
 		if (unlikely(num_skb_frags == MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
 			struct sk_buff *nskb = alloc_skb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -336,18 +339,17 @@ static int receive_mergeable(struct receive_queue *rq, struct sk_buff *head_skb)
 		if (curr_skb != head_skb) {
 			head_skb->data_len += len;
 			head_skb->len += len;
-			head_skb->truesize += MAX_PACKET_LEN;
+			head_skb->truesize += MERGE_BUFFER_LEN;
 		}
 		page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
 		offset = buf - (char *)page_address(page);
 		if (skb_can_coalesce(curr_skb, num_skb_frags, page, offset)) {
 			put_page(page);
 			skb_coalesce_rx_frag(curr_skb, num_skb_frags - 1,
-					     len, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+					     len, MERGE_BUFFER_LEN);
 		} else {
 			skb_add_rx_frag(curr_skb, num_skb_frags, page,
-					offset, len,
-					MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+					offset, len, MERGE_BUFFER_LEN);
 		}
 		--rq->num;
 	}
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ static void receive_buf(struct receive_queue *rq, void *buf, unsigned int len)
 		struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(buf);
 		skb = page_to_skb(rq, page,
 				  (char *)buf - (char *)page_address(page),
-				  len, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+				  len, MERGE_BUFFER_LEN);
 		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 			dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 			put_page(page);
@@ -471,11 +473,11 @@ static int add_recvbuf_small(struct receive_queue *rq, gfp_t gfp)
 	struct skb_vnet_hdr *hdr;
 	int err;
 
-	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(vi->dev, MAX_PACKET_LEN, gfp);
+	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(vi->dev, GOOD_PACKET_LEN, gfp);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	skb_put(skb, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+	skb_put(skb, GOOD_PACKET_LEN);
 
 	hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);
 	sg_set_buf(rq->sg, &hdr->hdr, sizeof hdr->hdr);
@@ -542,20 +544,20 @@ static int add_recvbuf_mergeable(struct receive_queue *rq, gfp_t gfp)
 	int err;
 
 	if (gfp & __GFP_WAIT) {
-		if (skb_page_frag_refill(MAX_PACKET_LEN, &vi->alloc_frag,
+		if (skb_page_frag_refill(MERGE_BUFFER_LEN, &vi->alloc_frag,
 					 gfp)) {
 			buf = (char *)page_address(vi->alloc_frag.page) +
 			      vi->alloc_frag.offset;
 			get_page(vi->alloc_frag.page);
-			vi->alloc_frag.offset += MAX_PACKET_LEN;
+			vi->alloc_frag.offset += MERGE_BUFFER_LEN;
 		}
 	} else {
-		buf = netdev_alloc_frag(MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+		buf = netdev_alloc_frag(MERGE_BUFFER_LEN);
 	}
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sg_init_one(rq->sg, buf, MAX_PACKET_LEN);
+	sg_init_one(rq->sg, buf, MERGE_BUFFER_LEN);
 	err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(rq->vq, rq->sg, 1, buf, gfp);
 	if (err < 0)
 		put_page(virt_to_head_page(buf));