diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
index 10f14a5cf4906d13409d81e6e5b9739c8dff5b0f..1897b711d66d195fa38d2c525cdf801acbd062df 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ static inline unsigned char *xlr_alloc_skb(void)
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 	skb_data = skb->data;
-	skb_put(skb, MAC_SKB_BACK_PTR_SIZE);
-	skb_pull(skb, MAC_SKB_BACK_PTR_SIZE);
+	skb_reserve(skb, MAC_SKB_BACK_PTR_SIZE);
 	memcpy(skb_data, &skb, buf_len);
 
 	return skb->data;