diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 5be52d89b182..81a73af0df31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -1378,9 +1378,11 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 
 	gfar_init_addr_hash_table(priv);
 
-	/* Insert receive time stamps into padding alignment bytes */
+	/* Insert receive time stamps into padding alignment bytes, and
+	 * plus 2 bytes padding to ensure the cpu alignment.
+	 */
 	if (priv->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER)
-		priv->padding = 8;
+		priv->padding = 8 + DEFAULT_PADDING;
 
 	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM ||
 	    priv->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER)