diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index c7fa978cdf02..a514cfc6c8a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -2434,19 +2434,20 @@ static int igc_clean_rx_irq(struct igc_q_vector *q_vector, const int budget)
 static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb_zc(struct igc_ring *ring,
 					    struct xdp_buff *xdp)
 {
+	unsigned int totalsize = xdp->data_end - xdp->data_meta;
 	unsigned int metasize = xdp->data - xdp->data_meta;
-	unsigned int datasize = xdp->data_end - xdp->data;
-	unsigned int totalsize = metasize + datasize;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	skb = __napi_alloc_skb(&ring->q_vector->napi,
-			       xdp->data_end - xdp->data_hard_start,
+	net_prefetch(xdp->data_meta);
+
+	skb = __napi_alloc_skb(&ring->q_vector->napi, totalsize,
 			       GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, xdp->data_meta - xdp->data_hard_start);
-	memcpy(__skb_put(skb, totalsize), xdp->data_meta, totalsize);
+	memcpy(__skb_put(skb, totalsize), xdp->data_meta,
+	       ALIGN(totalsize, sizeof(long)));
+
 	if (metasize) {
 		skb_metadata_set(skb, metasize);
 		__skb_pull(skb, metasize);