diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 80bcb96467a5802227b6f00bffc41a61eb067154..ad1aeeb4f373f2702a91b4478174a0a046ee3ab7 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ static void update_range__(struct sw_flow_match *match,
 			  size_t offset, size_t size, bool is_mask)
 {
 	struct sw_flow_key_range *range = NULL;
-	size_t start = offset;
-	size_t end = offset + size;
+	size_t start = rounddown(offset, sizeof(long));
+	size_t end = roundup(offset + size, sizeof(long));
 
 	if (!is_mask)
 		range = &match->range;
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ static void update_range__(struct sw_flow_match *match,
 		}                                                           \
 	} while (0)
 
+static u16 range_n_bytes(const struct sw_flow_key_range *range)
+{
+	return range->end - range->start;
+}
+
 void ovs_match_init(struct sw_flow_match *match,
 		    struct sw_flow_key *key,
 		    struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
@@ -370,16 +375,17 @@ static bool icmp6hdr_ok(struct sk_buff *skb)
 void ovs_flow_key_mask(struct sw_flow_key *dst, const struct sw_flow_key *src,
 		       const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
 {
-	u8 *m = (u8 *)&mask->key + mask->range.start;
-	u8 *s = (u8 *)src + mask->range.start;
-	u8 *d = (u8 *)dst + mask->range.start;
+	const long *m = (long *)((u8 *)&mask->key + mask->range.start);
+	const long *s = (long *)((u8 *)src + mask->range.start);
+	long *d = (long *)((u8 *)dst + mask->range.start);
 	int i;
 
-	memset(dst, 0, sizeof(*dst));
-	for (i = 0; i < ovs_sw_flow_mask_size_roundup(mask); i++) {
-		*d = *s & *m;
-		d++, s++, m++;
-	}
+	/* The memory outside of the 'mask->range' are not set since
+	 * further operations on 'dst' only uses contents within
+	 * 'mask->range'.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < range_n_bytes(&mask->range); i += sizeof(long))
+		*d++ = *s++ & *m++;
 }
 
 #define TCP_FLAGS_OFFSET 13
@@ -1000,8 +1006,13 @@ int ovs_flow_extract(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 in_port, struct sw_flow_key *key)
 static u32 ovs_flow_hash(const struct sw_flow_key *key, int key_start,
 			 int key_end)
 {
-	return jhash2((u32 *)((u8 *)key + key_start),
-		      DIV_ROUND_UP(key_end - key_start, sizeof(u32)), 0);
+	u32 *hash_key = (u32 *)((u8 *)key + key_start);
+	int hash_u32s = (key_end - key_start) >> 2;
+
+	/* Make sure number of hash bytes are multiple of u32. */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(long) % sizeof(u32));
+
+	return jhash2(hash_key, hash_u32s, 0);
 }
 
 static int flow_key_start(const struct sw_flow_key *key)
@@ -1009,17 +1020,25 @@ static int flow_key_start(const struct sw_flow_key *key)
 	if (key->tun_key.ipv4_dst)
 		return 0;
 	else
-		return offsetof(struct sw_flow_key, phy);
+		return rounddown(offsetof(struct sw_flow_key, phy),
+					  sizeof(long));
 }
 
 static bool __cmp_key(const struct sw_flow_key *key1,
 		const struct sw_flow_key *key2,  int key_start, int key_end)
 {
-	return !memcmp((u8 *)key1 + key_start,
-			(u8 *)key2 + key_start, (key_end - key_start));
+	const long *cp1 = (long *)((u8 *)key1 + key_start);
+	const long *cp2 = (long *)((u8 *)key2 + key_start);
+	long diffs = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = key_start; i < key_end;  i += sizeof(long))
+		diffs |= *cp1++ ^ *cp2++;
+
+	return diffs == 0;
 }
 
-static bool __flow_cmp_key(const struct sw_flow *flow,
+static bool __flow_cmp_masked_key(const struct sw_flow *flow,
 		const struct sw_flow_key *key, int key_start, int key_end)
 {
 	return __cmp_key(&flow->key, key, key_start, key_end);
@@ -1056,7 +1075,7 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_lookup_unmasked_key(struct flow_table *table,
 }
 
 static struct sw_flow *ovs_masked_flow_lookup(struct flow_table *table,
-				    const struct sw_flow_key *flow_key,
+				    const struct sw_flow_key *unmasked,
 				    struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
 {
 	struct sw_flow *flow;
@@ -1066,12 +1085,13 @@ static struct sw_flow *ovs_masked_flow_lookup(struct flow_table *table,
 	u32 hash;
 	struct sw_flow_key masked_key;
 
-	ovs_flow_key_mask(&masked_key, flow_key, mask);
+	ovs_flow_key_mask(&masked_key, unmasked, mask);
 	hash = ovs_flow_hash(&masked_key, key_start, key_end);
 	head = find_bucket(table, hash);
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, hash_node[table->node_ver]) {
 		if (flow->mask == mask &&
-		    __flow_cmp_key(flow, &masked_key, key_start, key_end))
+		    __flow_cmp_masked_key(flow, &masked_key,
+					  key_start, key_end))
 			return flow;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -1961,6 +1981,8 @@ int ovs_flow_to_nlattrs(const struct sw_flow_key *swkey,
  * Returns zero if successful or a negative error code. */
 int ovs_flow_init(void)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct sw_flow_key) % sizeof(long));
+
 	flow_cache = kmem_cache_create("sw_flow", sizeof(struct sw_flow), 0,
 					0, NULL);
 	if (flow_cache == NULL)
@@ -2016,7 +2038,7 @@ static bool ovs_sw_flow_mask_equal(const struct sw_flow_mask *a,
 
 	return  (a->range.end == b->range.end)
 		&& (a->range.start == b->range.start)
-		&& (memcmp(a_, b_, ovs_sw_flow_mask_actual_size(a)) == 0);
+		&& (memcmp(a_, b_, range_n_bytes(&a->range)) == 0);
 }
 
 struct sw_flow_mask *ovs_sw_flow_mask_find(const struct flow_table *tbl,
@@ -2053,5 +2075,5 @@ static void ovs_sw_flow_mask_set(struct sw_flow_mask *mask,
 	u8 *m = (u8 *)&mask->key + range->start;
 
 	mask->range = *range;
-	memset(m, val, ovs_sw_flow_mask_size_roundup(mask));
+	memset(m, val, range_n_bytes(range));
 }
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
index e79305184b79a30a2541c8f112ee071b1f394a8f..b65f885ac3dcc59468235d4aa4d64a6d047b406c 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct sw_flow_key {
 			} nd;
 		} ipv6;
 	};
-};
+} __aligned(__alignof__(long));
 
 struct sw_flow {
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
@@ -149,11 +149,6 @@ struct sw_flow_key_range {
 	size_t end;
 };
 
-static inline u16 ovs_sw_flow_key_range_actual_size(const struct sw_flow_key_range *range)
-{
-	return range->end - range->start;
-}
-
 struct sw_flow_match {
 	struct sw_flow_key *key;
 	struct sw_flow_key_range range;
@@ -253,18 +248,6 @@ struct sw_flow_mask {
 	struct sw_flow_key key;
 };
 
-static inline u16
-ovs_sw_flow_mask_actual_size(const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
-{
-	return ovs_sw_flow_key_range_actual_size(&mask->range);
-}
-
-static inline u16
-ovs_sw_flow_mask_size_roundup(const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
-{
-	return roundup(ovs_sw_flow_mask_actual_size(mask), sizeof(u32));
-}
-
 struct sw_flow_mask *ovs_sw_flow_mask_alloc(void);
 void ovs_sw_flow_mask_add_ref(struct sw_flow_mask *);
 void ovs_sw_flow_mask_del_ref(struct sw_flow_mask *, bool deferred);