/*
                 * Reserve 2+14 bytes for an ethernet header (the
                 * hardware automatically prepends 2 bytes of dummy
-                * data to each received packet), 4 bytes for a VLAN
-                * header, and 4 bytes for the trailing FCS -- 24
-                * bytes total.
+                * data to each received packet), 16 bytes for up to
+                * four VLAN tags, and 4 bytes for the trailing FCS
+                * -- 36 bytes total.
                 */
-               skb_size = mp->dev->mtu + 24;
+               skb_size = mp->dev->mtu + 36;
+
+               /*
+                * Make sure that the skb size is a multiple of 8
+                * bytes, as the lower three bits of the receive
+                * descriptor's buffer size field are ignored by
+                * the hardware.
+                */
+               skb_size = (skb_size + 7) & ~7;
 
                skb = dev_alloc_skb(skb_size + dma_get_cache_alignment() - 1);
                if (skb == NULL)
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mp->lock, flags);
 
                dma_unmap_single(NULL, rx_desc->buf_ptr + 2,
-                                mp->dev->mtu + 24, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+                                rx_desc->buf_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
                rxq->rx_desc_count--;
                rx++;