--- linux-2.4.19/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c	2002-02-25 20:38:14.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.19.AXP/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c	2004-01-09 01:55:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@
 	     struct ipt_table *table,
 	     void *userdata)
 {
-	static const char nulldevname[IFNAMSIZ] = { 0 };
+	static const char nulldevname[IFNAMSIZ] __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long)))) = { 0 };
 	u_int16_t offset;
 	struct iphdr *ip;
 	void *protohdr;