diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c b/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
index 88f7c3511c72c2554de292e97c844cc934367c9e..73c33a42f87f8fddbe901b7403a9041182842f54 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
@@ -53,15 +53,13 @@ iprange_mt4(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 }
 
 static inline int
-iprange_ipv6_sub(const struct in6_addr *a, const struct in6_addr *b)
+iprange_ipv6_lt(const struct in6_addr *a, const struct in6_addr *b)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	int r;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-		r = ntohl(a->s6_addr32[i]) - ntohl(b->s6_addr32[i]);
-		if (r != 0)
-			return r;
+		if (a->s6_addr32[i] != b->s6_addr32[i])
+			return ntohl(a->s6_addr32[i]) < ntohl(b->s6_addr32[i]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -75,15 +73,15 @@ iprange_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 	bool m;
 
 	if (info->flags & IPRANGE_SRC) {
-		m  = iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->saddr, &info->src_min.in6) < 0;
-		m |= iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->saddr, &info->src_max.in6) > 0;
+		m  = iprange_ipv6_lt(&iph->saddr, &info->src_min.in6);
+		m |= iprange_ipv6_lt(&info->src_max.in6, &iph->saddr);
 		m ^= !!(info->flags & IPRANGE_SRC_INV);
 		if (m)
 			return false;
 	}
 	if (info->flags & IPRANGE_DST) {
-		m  = iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_min.in6) < 0;
-		m |= iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_max.in6) > 0;
+		m  = iprange_ipv6_lt(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_min.in6);
+		m |= iprange_ipv6_lt(&info->dst_max.in6, &iph->daddr);
 		m ^= !!(info->flags & IPRANGE_DST_INV);
 		if (m)
 			return false;