diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 4e1da1645b154d..5aa59f41bf8c39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ static int pppoe_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m,
 	struct pppoe_hdr *ph;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	char *start;
+	int hlen;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) || !(sk->sk_state & PPPOX_CONNECTED)) {
@@ -860,16 +861,16 @@ static int pppoe_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m,
 	if (total_len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
 		goto end;
 
-
-	skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, total_len + dev->hard_header_len + 32,
-			   0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+	skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, hlen + sizeof(*ph) + total_len +
+			   dev->needed_tailroom, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto end;
 	}
 
 	/* Reserve space for headers. */
-	skb_reserve(skb, dev->hard_header_len);
+	skb_reserve(skb, hlen);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
@@ -930,7 +931,7 @@ static int __pppoe_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Copy the data if there is no space for the header or if it's
 	 * read-only.
 	 */
-	if (skb_cow_head(skb, sizeof(*ph) + dev->hard_header_len))
+	if (skb_cow_head(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) + sizeof(*ph)))
 		goto abort;
 
 	__skb_push(skb, sizeof(*ph));