diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index b6715553cf17..669de028d44f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@ struct sk_buff * gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * as many bytes as needed to align the data properly
 	 */
 	skb_reserve(skb, alignamount);
+	GFAR_CB(skb)->alignamount = alignamount;
 
 	return skb;
 }
@@ -2533,13 +2534,13 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit)
 				newskb = skb;
 			else if (skb) {
 				/*
-				 * We need to reset ->data to what it
+				 * We need to un-reserve() the skb to what it
 				 * was before gfar_new_skb() re-aligned
 				 * it to an RXBUF_ALIGNMENT boundary
 				 * before we put the skb back on the
 				 * recycle list.
 				 */
-				skb->data = skb->head + NET_SKB_PAD;
+				skb_reserve(skb, -GFAR_CB(skb)->alignamount);
 				__skb_queue_head(&priv->rx_recycle, skb);
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.h b/drivers/net/gianfar.h
index 3d72dc43dca5..17d25e714236 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.h
@@ -566,6 +566,12 @@ struct rxfcb {
 	u16	vlctl;	/* VLAN control word */
 };
 
+struct gianfar_skb_cb {
+	int alignamount;
+};
+
+#define GFAR_CB(skb) ((struct gianfar_skb_cb *)((skb)->cb))
+
 struct rmon_mib
 {
 	u32	tr64;	/* 0x.680 - Transmit and Receive 64-byte Frame Counter */