diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
index 6353dbe554d3..408616e9afcf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
@@ -117,12 +117,9 @@ int _r8712_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
 	/*init xmit_buf*/
 	_init_queue(&pxmitpriv->free_xmitbuf_queue);
 	_init_queue(&pxmitpriv->pending_xmitbuf_queue);
-	pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf =
-		kmalloc(NR_XMITBUFF * sizeof(struct xmit_buf) + 4, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf)
+	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = kmalloc(NR_XMITBUFF * sizeof(struct xmit_buf), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf)
 		goto clean_up_frame_buf;
-	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf + 4 -
-			      ((addr_t)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) & 3);
 	pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf;
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_XMITBUFF; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pxmitbuf->list);
@@ -165,8 +162,8 @@ clean_up_alloc_buf:
 		for (k = 0; k < 8; k++)		/* delete xmit urb's */
 			usb_free_urb(pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[k]);
 	}
-	kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf);
-	pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf = NULL;
+	kfree(pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf);
+	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = NULL;
 clean_up_frame_buf:
 	kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf);
 	pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf = NULL;
@@ -193,7 +190,7 @@ void _free_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)
 		pxmitbuf++;
 	}
 	kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf);
-	kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf);
+	kfree(pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf);
 	free_hwxmits(padapter);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
index cdcbc87a3cad..784172c385e3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.h
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ struct	xmit_priv {
 	int cmdseq;
 	struct  __queue free_xmitbuf_queue;
 	struct  __queue pending_xmitbuf_queue;
-	u8 *pallocated_xmitbuf;
 	u8 *pxmitbuf;
 	uint free_xmitbuf_cnt;
 };