diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 97f7f535f412..bb022ed4a866 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ new_skb(ulong len)
 		skb->nh.raw = skb->mac.raw = skb->data;
 		skb->protocol = __constant_htons(ETH_P_AOE);
 		skb->priority = 0;
-		skb_put(skb, len);
-		memset(skb->head, 0, len);
 		skb->next = skb->prev = NULL;
 
 		/* tell the network layer not to perform IP checksums
@@ -122,8 +120,8 @@ aoecmd_ata_rw(struct aoedev *d, struct frame *f)
 	skb = f->skb;
 	h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;
 	ah = (struct aoe_atahdr *) (h+1);
-	skb->len = sizeof *h + sizeof *ah;
-	memset(h, 0, ETH_ZLEN);
+	skb_put(skb, sizeof *h + sizeof *ah);
+	memset(h, 0, skb->len);
 	f->tag = aoehdr_atainit(d, h);
 	f->waited = 0;
 	f->buf = buf;
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ aoecmd_ata_rw(struct aoedev *d, struct frame *f)
 		skb->len += bcnt;
 		skb->data_len = bcnt;
 	} else {
-		skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
 		writebit = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -206,6 +203,7 @@ aoecmd_cfg_pkts(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor, struct sk_buff **tail)
 			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: skb alloc failure\n");
 			continue;
 		}
+		skb_put(skb, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
 		skb->dev = ifp;
 		if (sl_tail == NULL)
 			sl_tail = skb;
@@ -243,6 +241,7 @@ freeframe(struct aoedev *d)
 			continue;
 		if (atomic_read(&skb_shinfo(f->skb)->dataref) == 1) {
 			skb_shinfo(f->skb)->nr_frags = f->skb->data_len = 0;
+			skb_trim(f->skb, 0);
 			return f;
 		}
 		n++;
@@ -698,8 +697,8 @@ aoecmd_ata_id(struct aoedev *d)
 	skb = f->skb;
 	h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;
 	ah = (struct aoe_atahdr *) (h+1);
-	skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
-	memset(h, 0, ETH_ZLEN);
+	skb_put(skb, sizeof *h + sizeof *ah);
+	memset(h, 0, skb->len);
 	f->tag = aoehdr_atainit(d, h);
 	f->waited = 0;