diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
index 345576f1a747..73ad78f47763 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int ipheth_alloc_urbs(struct ipheth_device *iphone)
 	if (tx_buf == NULL)
 		goto free_rx_urb;
 
-	rx_buf = usb_alloc_coherent(iphone->udev, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE,
+	rx_buf = usb_alloc_coherent(iphone->udev, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE + IPHETH_IP_ALIGN,
 				    GFP_KERNEL, &rx_urb->transfer_dma);
 	if (rx_buf == NULL)
 		goto free_tx_buf;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int ipheth_alloc_urbs(struct ipheth_device *iphone)
 
 static void ipheth_free_urbs(struct ipheth_device *iphone)
 {
-	usb_free_coherent(iphone->udev, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE, iphone->rx_buf,
+	usb_free_coherent(iphone->udev, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE + IPHETH_IP_ALIGN, iphone->rx_buf,
 			  iphone->rx_urb->transfer_dma);
 	usb_free_coherent(iphone->udev, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE, iphone->tx_buf,
 			  iphone->tx_urb->transfer_dma);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int ipheth_rx_submit(struct ipheth_device *dev, gfp_t mem_flags)
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(dev->rx_urb, udev,
 			  usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, dev->bulk_in),
-			  dev->rx_buf, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE,
+			  dev->rx_buf, IPHETH_BUF_SIZE + IPHETH_IP_ALIGN,
 			  ipheth_rcvbulk_callback,
 			  dev);
 	dev->rx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;