diff -up ElectricFence-2.2.2/efence.c\~ ElectricFence-2.2.2/efence.c
--- ElectricFence-2.2.2/efence.c~	2010-09-10 13:37:58.000000000 +0200
+++ ElectricFence-2.2.2/efence.c	2011-01-19 15:00:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ initialize(void)
 		if ( (string = getenv("EF_ALIGNMENT")) != 0 )
 			EF_ALIGNMENT = (size_t)atoi(string);
 		else
-			EF_ALIGNMENT = sizeof(int);
+			EF_ALIGNMENT = 2 * sizeof (size_t);
 	}
 
 	/*

Diff finished.  Wed Jan 19 15:00:26 2011