diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8842.c b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
index f0d8346d0fa5..9bd0f551a383 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8842.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void ks8842_rx_frame(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 	/* check the status */
 	if ((status & RXSR_VALID) && !(status & RXSR_ERROR)) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len + 3);
 
 		if (skb) {