diff --git a/drivers/net/rtl8169.c b/drivers/net/rtl8169.c
index 1cc0b40..a3f4423 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rtl8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rtl8169.c
@@ -629,11 +629,12 @@ static int rtl_send_common(pci_dev_t dev, unsigned long dev_iobase,
 	/* point to the current txb incase multiple tx_rings are used */
 	ptxb = tpc->Tx_skbuff[entry * MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE];
 	memcpy(ptxb, (char *)packet, (int)length);
-	rtl_flush_buffer(ptxb, length);
 
 	while (len < ETH_ZLEN)
 		ptxb[len++] = '\0';
 
+	rtl_flush_buffer(ptxb, ALIGN(len, RTL8169_ALIGN));
+
 	tpc->TxDescArray[entry].buf_Haddr = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DM_ETH
 	tpc->TxDescArray[entry].buf_addr = cpu_to_le32(