diff --git a/libdnet-stripped/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS b/libdnet-stripped/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS
index 719c3793f..7dc896b51 100644
--- a/libdnet-stripped/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS
+++ b/libdnet-stripped/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS
@@ -575,6 +575,27 @@ o Allowed reading interface indexes that exceed 255 on Linux.
  				    &idx, &bits, &scope, &flags, name);
  				if (strcmp(name, entry->intf_name) == 0) {
 
+o Gave priority to the IFF_LOOPBACK flag when setting interface type.
+
+--- libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c
++++ libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c
+@@ -374,12 +374,12 @@ intf_set(intf_t *intf, const struct intf_entry *entry)
+ static void
+ _intf_set_type(struct intf_entry *entry)
+ {
+-	if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_BROADCAST) != 0)
++	if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_LOOPBACK) != 0)
++		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_LOOPBACK;
++	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_BROADCAST) != 0)
+ 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_ETH;
+ 	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_POINTOPOINT) != 0)
+ 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_TUN;
+-	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_LOOPBACK) != 0)
+-		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_LOOPBACK;
+ 	else
+ 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_OTHER;
+ }
+
 ===CHANGES ALREADY MERGED TO UPSTREAM LIBDNET GO BELOW THIS LINE===
 
 o Fixed the ip6_pack_hdr macro with respect to traffic class and flow
diff --git a/libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c b/libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c
index 236e1bcb4..ad0880d16 100644
--- a/libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c
+++ b/libdnet-stripped/src/intf.c
@@ -374,12 +374,12 @@ intf_set(intf_t *intf, const struct intf_entry *entry)
 static void
 _intf_set_type(struct intf_entry *entry)
 {
-	if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_BROADCAST) != 0)
+	if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_LOOPBACK) != 0)
+		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_LOOPBACK;
+	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_BROADCAST) != 0)
 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_ETH;
 	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_POINTOPOINT) != 0)
 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_TUN;
-	else if ((entry->intf_flags & INTF_FLAG_LOOPBACK) != 0)
-		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_LOOPBACK;
 	else
 		entry->intf_type = INTF_TYPE_OTHER;
 }