diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index f4ed553929f0..81394a4b2803 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -261,9 +261,11 @@ static void qmi_wwan_netdev_setup(struct net_device *net)
 		net->hard_header_len = 0;
 		net->addr_len        = 0;
 		net->flags           = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST;
+		set_bit(EVENT_NO_IP_ALIGN, &dev->flags);
 		netdev_dbg(net, "mode: raw IP\n");
 	} else if (!net->header_ops) { /* don't bother if already set */
 		ether_setup(net);
+		clear_bit(EVENT_NO_IP_ALIGN, &dev->flags);
 		netdev_dbg(net, "mode: Ethernet\n");
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 6510e5cc1817..42baad125a7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -484,7 +484,10 @@ static int rx_submit (struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb, gfp_t flags)
 		return -ENOLINK;
 	}
 
-	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, size, flags);
+	if (test_bit(EVENT_NO_IP_ALIGN, &dev->flags))
+		skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev->net, size, flags);
+	else
+		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);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index 97116379db5f..e87a805cbfef 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct usbnet {
 #		define EVENT_RX_KILL	10
 #		define EVENT_LINK_CHANGE	11
 #		define EVENT_SET_RX_MODE	12
+#		define EVENT_NO_IP_ALIGN	13
 };
 
 static inline struct usb_driver *driver_of(struct usb_interface *intf)