diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
index 038e77d40842..f132d5c39e93 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2013, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int qrtr_node_enqueue(struct qrtr_node *node, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	hdr->size = cpu_to_le32(len);
 	hdr->confirm_rx = !!confirm_rx;
 
-	skb_put_padto(skb, ALIGN(len, 4));
+	skb_put_padto(skb, ALIGN(len, 4) + sizeof(*hdr));
 
 	mutex_lock(&node->ep_lock);
 	if (node->ep)