desc->l4i_chk = 0;
        desc->byte_cnt = length;
-       desc->buf_ptr = dma_map_single(dev->dev.parent, data,
-                                      length, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-       if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(dev->dev.parent, desc->buf_ptr))) {
-               WARN(1, "dma_map_single failed!\n");
-               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       if (length <= 8 && (uintptr_t)data & 0x7) {
+               /* Copy unaligned small data fragment to TSO header data area */
+               memcpy(txq->tso_hdrs + txq->tx_curr_desc * TSO_HEADER_SIZE,
+                      data, length);
+               desc->buf_ptr = txq->tso_hdrs_dma
+                       + txq->tx_curr_desc * TSO_HEADER_SIZE;
+       } else {
+               /* Alignment is okay, map buffer and hand off to hardware */
+               txq->tx_desc_mapping[tx_index] = DESC_DMA_MAP_SINGLE;
+               desc->buf_ptr = dma_map_single(dev->dev.parent, data,
+                       length, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+               if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(dev->dev.parent,
+                                              desc->buf_ptr))) {
+                       WARN(1, "dma_map_single failed!\n");
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               }
        }
 
        cmd_sts = BUFFER_OWNED_BY_DMA;