diff -r 4d66ab105ff0 drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c Fri Jul 06 17:50:36 2012 +0200 +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c Fri Jul 06 17:55:13 2012 +0200 @@ -1032,7 +1032,12 @@ static void smsc95xx_rx_csum_offload(struct sk_buff *skb) { - skb->csum = *(u16 *)(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - 2); + /* + * Use bytewise access to avoid alignment issues on packets that have none + * aligned sizes + */ + char *tail = skb_tail_pointer(skb); + skb->csum = (*(tail - 2) << 8) | *(tail - 1); skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE; skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 2); }