diff --git a/src/arch/c16x/netif/cs8900if.c b/src/arch/c16x/netif/cs8900if.c
index f5e42339..f2e9175e 100644
--- a/src/arch/c16x/netif/cs8900if.c
+++ b/src/arch/c16x/netif/cs8900if.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static struct pbuf *cs8900_input(struct netif *netif)
     if (len > 0)
     {
       // allocate a pbuf chain with total length 'len' 
-      p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, len, PBUF_POOL);
+      p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_RAW, len, PBUF_POOL);
       if (p != 0)
       {
         for (q = p; q != 0; q = q->next)
diff --git a/src/netif/ethernetif.c b/src/netif/ethernetif.c
index 7b4e0cf1..0047fc79 100644
--- a/src/netif/ethernetif.c
+++ b/src/netif/ethernetif.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ low_level_input(struct ethernetif *ethernetif)
   len = ;
 
   /* We allocate a pbuf chain of pbufs from the pool. */
-  p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, len, PBUF_POOL);
+  p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_RAW, len, PBUF_POOL);
   
   if(p != NULL) {
     /* We iterate over the pbuf chain until we have read the entire