diff --git a/drivers/net/ipg.c b/drivers/net/ipg.c
index 9f7b5d4..63056e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipg.c
@@ -738,17 +738,12 @@
 
 	IPG_DEBUG_MSG("_get_rxbuff\n");
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, sp->rxsupport_size + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, sp->rxsupport_size);
 	if (!skb) {
 		sp->rx_buff[entry] = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	/* Adjust the data start location within the buffer to
-	 * align IP address field to a 16 byte boundary.
-	 */
-	skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
-
 	/* Associate the receive buffer with the IPG NIC. */
 	skb->dev = dev;