diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
index c3137203f6a..a64b4a8c5b9 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ static void inline ag71xx_mii_ctrl_set_speed(struct ag71xx *ag,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AG71XX_AR8216_SUPPORT
 void ag71xx_add_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff *skb);
-int ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff *skb);
+int ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				int pktlen);
 static inline int ag71xx_has_ar8216(struct ag71xx *ag)
 {
 	return ag71xx_get_pdata(ag)->has_ar8216;
@@ -467,7 +468,8 @@ static inline void ag71xx_add_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag,
 }
 
 static inline int ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag,
-					      struct sk_buff *skb)
+					      struct sk_buff *skb,
+					      int pktlen)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_ar8216.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_ar8216.c
index 564fae7eb59..7801b9f0ed8 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_ar8216.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_ar8216.c
@@ -25,19 +25,21 @@ void ag71xx_add_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->data[1] = 0x80;
 }
 
-int ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag,
-				struct sk_buff *skb)
+int ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				int pktlen)
 {
 	u8 type;
 
 	type = skb->data[1] & AR8216_PACKET_TYPE_MASK;
 	switch (type) {
 	case AR8216_PACKET_TYPE_NORMAL:
-		skb_pull(skb, AR8216_HEADER_LEN);
 		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	skb_put(skb, pktlen);
+	skb_pull(skb, AR8216_HEADER_LEN);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
index 989ed0e8a50..4b35b1f251b 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_main.c
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ static int ag71xx_rx_copy_skb(struct ag71xx *ag, struct sk_buff **pskb,
 
 	skb_reserve(copy_skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 	skb_copy_from_linear_data(*pskb, copy_skb->data, pktlen);
+	skb_put(copy_skb, pktlen);
+
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(*pskb);
 	*pskb = copy_skb;
 
@@ -814,7 +816,7 @@ static int ag71xx_rx_packets(struct ag71xx *ag, int limit)
 		dev->stats.rx_bytes += pktlen;
 
 		if (ag71xx_has_ar8216(ag))
-			err = ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(ag, skb);
+			err = ag71xx_remove_ar8216_header(ag, skb, pktlen);
 		else
 			err = ag71xx_rx_copy_skb(ag, &skb, pktlen);
 
@@ -822,8 +824,6 @@ static int ag71xx_rx_packets(struct ag71xx *ag, int limit)
 			dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 		} else {
-			skb_put(skb, pktlen);
-
 			skb->dev = dev;
 			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);