diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 2308fbb..fb6aa60 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -237,13 +237,29 @@
  * entry points.
  */
 
-static inline int compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
+static inline unsigned long compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+	unsigned long fold;
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to compare 14 bytes:
+	 *  [a0 ... a13] ^ [b0 ... b13]
+	 * Use two long XOR, ORed together, with an overlap of two bytes.
+	 *  [a0  a1  a2  a3  a4  a5  a6  a7 ] ^ [b0  b1  b2  b3  b4  b5  b6  b7 ] |
+	 *  [a6  a7  a8  a9  a10 a11 a12 a13] ^ [b6  b7  b8  b9  b10 b11 b12 b13]
+	 * This means the [a6 a7] ^ [b6 b7] part is done two times.
+	*/
+	fold = *(unsigned long *)a ^ *(unsigned long *)b;
+	fold |= *(unsigned long *)(a + 6) ^ *(unsigned long *)(b + 6);
+	return fold;
+#else
 	u32 *a32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)a + 2);
 	u32 *b32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)b + 2);
 
 	return (*(u16 *)a ^ *(u16 *)b) | (a32[0] ^ b32[0]) |
 	       (a32[1] ^ b32[1]) | (a32[2] ^ b32[2]);
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */