diff --git a/drivers/net/sundance.c b/drivers/net/sundance.c
index 3ed2a67bd6d36c5da4608570bc8d494faa614f59..b409d7ec4ac15ff5e5eb82c2aff17111d48954a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sundance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sundance.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static void init_ring(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Fill in the Rx buffers.  Handle allocation failure gracefully. */
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(np->rx_buf_sz);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(np->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 		np->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
 		if (skb == NULL)
 			break;
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static void refill_rx (struct net_device *dev)
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		entry = np->dirty_rx % RX_RING_SIZE;
 		if (np->rx_skbuff[entry] == NULL) {
-			skb = dev_alloc_skb(np->rx_buf_sz);
+			skb = dev_alloc_skb(np->rx_buf_sz + 2);
 			np->rx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
 			if (skb == NULL)
 				break;		/* Better luck next round. */