diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c b/drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c
index 811c8751308c..3fac642bec77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c
@@ -418,19 +418,15 @@ static int sr9700_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			skb_pull(skb, 3);
 			skb->len = len;
 			skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, len);
-			skb->truesize = len + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
 			return 2;
 		}
 
-		/* skb_clone is used for address align */
-		sr_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		sr_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, len);
 		if (!sr_skb)
 			return 0;
 
-		sr_skb->len = len;
-		sr_skb->data = skb->data + 3;
-		skb_set_tail_pointer(sr_skb, len);
-		sr_skb->truesize = len + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
+		skb_put(sr_skb, len);
+		memcpy(sr_skb->data, skb->data + 3, len);
 		usbnet_skb_return(dev, sr_skb);
 
 		skb_pull(skb, len + SR_RX_OVERHEAD);