diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index aaea155b9403..ae39ceaa2e29 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -215,10 +215,13 @@ static void batadv_dat_purge(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 static bool batadv_compare_dat(const struct hlist_node *node, const void *data2)
 {
-	const void *data1 = container_of(node, struct batadv_dat_entry,
-					 hash_entry);
+	const struct batadv_dat_entry *entry1;
+	const struct batadv_dat_entry *entry2;
 
-	return memcmp(data1, data2, sizeof(__be32)) == 0;
+	entry1 = container_of(node, struct batadv_dat_entry, hash_entry);
+	entry2 = data2;
+
+	return entry1->ip == entry2->ip && entry1->vid == entry2->vid;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -345,6 +348,9 @@ batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
 		if (dat_entry->ip != ip)
 			continue;
 
+		if (dat_entry->vid != vid)
+			continue;
+
 		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&dat_entry->refcount))
 			continue;