if ((atomic_read(&bat_priv->aggregated_ogms)) &&
            (packet_len < BATADV_MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES))
-               skb_size = BATADV_MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES + ETH_HLEN;
+               skb_size = BATADV_MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES;
        else
-               skb_size = packet_len + ETH_HLEN;
+               skb_size = packet_len;
+
+       skb_size += ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
 
        forw_packet_aggr->skb = dev_alloc_skb(skb_size);
        if (!forw_packet_aggr->skb) {
                kfree(forw_packet_aggr);
                goto out;
        }
-       skb_reserve(forw_packet_aggr->skb, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(forw_packet_aggr->skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
        INIT_HLIST_NODE(&forw_packet_aggr->list);
 
 
        if (len >= sizeof(struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr))
                packet_len = sizeof(struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr);
 
-       skb = dev_alloc_skb(packet_len + ETH_HLEN);
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(packet_len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        if (!skb) {
                len = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        icmp_packet = (struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr *)skb_put(skb, packet_len);
 
        if (copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) {
 
        tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
        len = tt_query_size + tt_len;
-       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN);
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        if (!skb)
                goto out;
 
-       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)skb_put(skb, len);
        tt_response->ttvn = ttvn;
 
        if (!tt_req_node)
                goto out;
 
-       skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*tt_request) + ETH_HLEN);
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*tt_request) + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        if (!skb)
                goto out;
 
-       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
        tt_req_len = sizeof(*tt_request);
        tt_request = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)skb_put(skb, tt_req_len);
                tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
                len = sizeof(*tt_response) + tt_len;
-               skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN);
+               skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
                if (!skb)
                        goto unlock;
 
-               skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+               skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
                packet_pos = skb_put(skb, len);
                tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)packet_pos;
                tt_response->ttvn = req_ttvn;
                tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
                len = sizeof(*tt_response) + tt_len;
-               skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN);
+               skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
                if (!skb)
                        goto unlock;
 
-               skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+               skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
                packet_pos = skb_put(skb, len);
                tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)packet_pos;
                tt_response->ttvn = req_ttvn;
        if (!batadv_tt_check_roam_count(bat_priv, client))
                goto out;
 
-       skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*roam_adv_packet) + ETH_HLEN);
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*roam_adv_packet) + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        if (!skb)
                goto out;
 
-       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
        roam_adv_packet = (struct batadv_roam_adv_packet *)skb_put(skb, len);
 
 
                return NULL;
 
        len = sizeof(*packet) + vis_info_len;
-       info->skb_packet = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN);
+       info->skb_packet = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        if (!info->skb_packet) {
                kfree(info);
                return NULL;
        }
-       skb_reserve(info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)skb_put(info->skb_packet, len);
 
        kref_init(&info->refcount);
        if (!bat_priv->vis.my_info)
                goto err;
 
-       len = sizeof(*packet) + BATADV_MAX_VIS_PACKET_SIZE + ETH_HLEN;
+       len = sizeof(*packet) + BATADV_MAX_VIS_PACKET_SIZE;
+       len += ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
        bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet = dev_alloc_skb(len);
        if (!bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet)
                goto free_info;
 
-       skb_reserve(bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN);
+       skb_reserve(bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
        tmp_skb = bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet;
        packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)skb_put(tmp_skb, sizeof(*packet));