diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 0137721de2f8..2b5eb01f9e5d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2708,7 +2708,7 @@ int skb_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	} else if (skb_gro_len(p) != pinfo->gso_size)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
-	headroom = NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
+	headroom = skb_headroom(p);
 	nskb = alloc_skb(headroom + skb_gro_offset(p), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!nskb))
 		return -ENOMEM;