diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
index 4ad45bb3cf55..40ffee6184fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ath6kl_buf_alloc(int size)
 	u16 reserved;
 
 	/* Add chacheline space at front and back of buffer */
-	reserved = (2 * L1_CACHE_BYTES) + ATH6KL_DATA_OFFSET +
-		   sizeof(struct htc_packet) + ATH6KL_HTC_ALIGN_BYTES;
+	reserved = roundup((2 * L1_CACHE_BYTES) + ATH6KL_DATA_OFFSET +
+		   sizeof(struct htc_packet) + ATH6KL_HTC_ALIGN_BYTES, 4);
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(size + reserved);
 
 	if (skb)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
index bad62b3357b9..d4fcfcad57d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
@@ -1294,9 +1294,11 @@ void init_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->watchdog_timeo = ATH6KL_TX_TIMEOUT;
 
 	dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN;
-	dev->needed_headroom += sizeof(struct ath6kl_llc_snap_hdr) +
-				sizeof(struct wmi_data_hdr) + HTC_HDR_LENGTH
-				+ WMI_MAX_TX_META_SZ + ATH6KL_HTC_ALIGN_BYTES;
+	dev->needed_headroom += roundup(sizeof(struct ath6kl_llc_snap_hdr) +
+					sizeof(struct wmi_data_hdr) +
+					HTC_HDR_LENGTH +
+					WMI_MAX_TX_META_SZ +
+					ATH6KL_HTC_ALIGN_BYTES, 4);
 
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;