diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index b613067a06d8..d7bc4f45e5df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void ena_xdp_exchange_program_rx_in_range(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
 			rx_ring->rx_headroom = XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
 		} else {
 			ena_xdp_unregister_rxq_info(rx_ring);
-			rx_ring->rx_headroom = 0;
+			rx_ring->rx_headroom = NET_SKB_PAD;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ static void ena_init_io_rings(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
 			rxr->smoothed_interval =
 				ena_com_get_nonadaptive_moderation_interval_rx(ena_dev);
 			rxr->empty_rx_queue = 0;
+			rxr->rx_headroom = NET_SKB_PAD;
 			adapter->ena_napi[i].dim.mode = DIM_CQ_PERIOD_MODE_START_FROM_EQE;
 			rxr->xdp_ring = &adapter->tx_ring[i + adapter->num_io_queues];
 		}
@@ -982,6 +983,7 @@ static int ena_alloc_rx_page(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 	struct ena_com_buf *ena_buf;
 	struct page *page;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
+	int tailroom;
 
 	/* restore page offset value in case it has been changed by device */
 	rx_info->page_offset = headroom;
@@ -1012,10 +1014,12 @@ static int ena_alloc_rx_page(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 	netif_dbg(rx_ring->adapter, rx_status, rx_ring->netdev,
 		  "Allocate page %p, rx_info %p\n", page, rx_info);
 
+	tailroom = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
+
 	rx_info->page = page;
 	ena_buf = &rx_info->ena_buf;
 	ena_buf->paddr = dma + headroom;
-	ena_buf->len = ENA_PAGE_SIZE - headroom;
+	ena_buf->len = ENA_PAGE_SIZE - headroom - tailroom;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1381,21 +1385,23 @@ static int ena_clean_tx_irq(struct ena_ring *tx_ring, u32 budget)
 	return tx_pkts;
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *ena_alloc_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring, bool frags)
+static struct sk_buff *ena_alloc_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring, void *first_frag)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	if (frags)
-		skb = napi_get_frags(rx_ring->napi);
-	else
+	if (!first_frag)
 		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
 						rx_ring->rx_copybreak);
+	else
+		skb = build_skb(first_frag, ENA_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 		ena_increase_stat(&rx_ring->rx_stats.skb_alloc_fail, 1,
 				  &rx_ring->syncp);
+
 		netif_dbg(rx_ring->adapter, rx_err, rx_ring->netdev,
-			  "Failed to allocate skb. frags: %d\n", frags);
+			  "Failed to allocate skb. first_frag %s\n",
+			  first_frag ? "provided" : "not provided");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1410,7 +1416,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ena_rx_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ena_rx_buffer *rx_info;
 	u16 len, req_id, buf = 0;
-	void *va;
+	void *page_addr;
+	u32 page_offset;
+	void *data_addr;
 
 	len = ena_bufs[buf].len;
 	req_id = ena_bufs[buf].req_id;
@@ -1428,12 +1436,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *ena_rx_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 		  rx_info, rx_info->page);
 
 	/* save virt address of first buffer */
-	va = page_address(rx_info->page) + rx_info->page_offset;
+	page_addr = page_address(rx_info->page);
+	page_offset = rx_info->page_offset;
+	data_addr = page_addr + page_offset;
 
-	prefetch(va);
+	prefetch(data_addr);
 
 	if (len <= rx_ring->rx_copybreak) {
-		skb = ena_alloc_skb(rx_ring, false);
+		skb = ena_alloc_skb(rx_ring, NULL);
 		if (unlikely(!skb))
 			return NULL;
 
@@ -1446,7 +1456,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ena_rx_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 					dma_unmap_addr(&rx_info->ena_buf, paddr),
 					len,
 					DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-		skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, va, len);
+		skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, data_addr, len);
 		dma_sync_single_for_device(rx_ring->dev,
 					   dma_unmap_addr(&rx_info->ena_buf, paddr),
 					   len,
@@ -1460,16 +1470,18 @@ static struct sk_buff *ena_rx_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 		return skb;
 	}
 
-	skb = ena_alloc_skb(rx_ring, true);
+	ena_unmap_rx_buff(rx_ring, rx_info);
+
+	skb = ena_alloc_skb(rx_ring, page_addr);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;
 
-	do {
-		ena_unmap_rx_buff(rx_ring, rx_info);
-
-		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, rx_info->page,
-				rx_info->page_offset, len, ENA_PAGE_SIZE);
+	/* Populate skb's linear part */
+	skb_reserve(skb, page_offset);
+	skb_put(skb, len);
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, rx_ring->netdev);
 
+	do {
 		netif_dbg(rx_ring->adapter, rx_status, rx_ring->netdev,
 			  "RX skb updated. len %d. data_len %d\n",
 			  skb->len, skb->data_len);
@@ -1488,6 +1500,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *ena_rx_skb(struct ena_ring *rx_ring,
 		req_id = ena_bufs[buf].req_id;
 
 		rx_info = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[req_id];
+
+		ena_unmap_rx_buff(rx_ring, rx_info);
+
+		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, rx_info->page,
+				rx_info->page_offset, len, ENA_PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	} while (1);
 
 	return skb;
@@ -1700,14 +1718,12 @@ static int ena_clean_rx_irq(struct ena_ring *rx_ring, struct napi_struct *napi,
 
 		skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rx_ring->qid);
 
-		if (rx_ring->ena_bufs[0].len <= rx_ring->rx_copybreak) {
-			total_len += rx_ring->ena_bufs[0].len;
+		if (rx_ring->ena_bufs[0].len <= rx_ring->rx_copybreak)
 			rx_copybreak_pkt++;
-			napi_gro_receive(napi, skb);
-		} else {
-			total_len += skb->len;
-			napi_gro_frags(napi);
-		}
+
+		total_len += skb->len;
+
+		napi_gro_receive(napi, skb);
 
 		res_budget--;
 	} while (likely(res_budget));
