--- linux-2.6.0.ix86/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c.orig	2003-12-18 03:58:28.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0.ix86/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c	2004-01-07 23:49:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 	     struct ipt_table *table,
 	     void *userdata)
 {
-	static const char nulldevname[IFNAMSIZ];
+	static const char nulldevname[IFNAMSIZ] __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long))));
 	u_int16_t offset;
 	struct iphdr *ip;
 	u_int16_t datalen;