diff --git a/validator/val_sigcrypt.c b/validator/val_sigcrypt.c
index ab115ec77..26f67cc35 100644
--- a/validator/val_sigcrypt.c
+++ b/validator/val_sigcrypt.c
@@ -671,9 +671,10 @@ canonical_compare(struct ub_packed_rrset_key* rrset, size_t i, size_t j)
 
 	if(i==j)
 		return 0;
+	/* in case rdata-len is to be compared for canonical order
 	c = memcmp(d->rr_data[i], d->rr_data[j], 2);
 	if(c != 0)
-		return c;
+		return c; */
 
 	switch(type) {
 		/* These RR types have only a name as RDATA.