diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 02e504c..2eb22be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1452,21 +1452,16 @@
 			/* Skip IP alignment pseudo header */
 			skb_pull(skb, 2);
 
-			skb->truesize = SKB_TRUESIZE(pkt_len_plus_padd);
 			ax88179_rx_checksum(skb, pkt_hdr);
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		ax_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		ax_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, pkt_len);
 		if (!ax_skb)
 			return 0;
-		skb_trim(ax_skb, pkt_len);
+		skb_put(ax_skb, pkt_len);
+		memcpy(ax_skb->data, skb->data + 2, pkt_len);
 
-		/* Skip IP alignment pseudo header */
-		skb_pull(ax_skb, 2);
-
-		skb->truesize = pkt_len_plus_padd +
-				SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct sk_buff));
 		ax88179_rx_checksum(ax_skb, pkt_hdr);
 		usbnet_skb_return(dev, ax_skb);