diff -urN ipset-6.8.orig/kernel/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c ipset-6.8/kernel/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c
--- ipset-6.8.orig/kernel/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c	2011-07-08 10:13:53.000000000 +0200
+++ ipset-6.8/kernel/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c	2011-08-13 09:58:01.456999822 +0200
@@ -41,25 +41,7 @@
 static inline long
 ifname_compare(const char *_a, const char *_b)
 {
-	const long *a = (const long *)_a;
-	const long *b = (const long *)_b;
-
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(IFNAMSIZ > 4 * sizeof(unsigned long));
-	if (a[0] != b[0])
-		return a[0] - b[0];
-	if (IFNAMSIZ > sizeof(long)) {
-		if (a[1] != b[1])
-			return a[1] - b[1];
-	}
-	if (IFNAMSIZ > 2 * sizeof(long)) {
-		if (a[2] != b[2])
-			return a[2] - b[2];
-	}
-	if (IFNAMSIZ > 3 * sizeof(long)) {
-		if (a[3] != b[3])
-			return a[3] - b[3];
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return strcmp(_a, _b);
 }
 
 static void