diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
@@ -341,11 +341,15 @@
 	free(formatstr);
 }
 
+/* Skip sorting for interfaces with more IP addresses than this limit */
+#define IFADDR_SORT_LIMIT 32
+
 static struct ifaddrs *
 sortifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *list,
     int (*compare)(struct ifaddrs *, struct ifaddrs *, struct ifa_queue *),
     struct ifa_queue *q)
 {
+	int count;
 	struct ifaddrs *right, *temp, *last, *result, *next, *tail;
 	
 	right = list;
@@ -358,7 +362,10 @@
 	if (!list || !list->ifa_next)
 		return (list);
 
+	count = 0;
 	while (temp && temp->ifa_next) {
+		if (count++ >= IFADDR_SORT_LIMIT)
+			return (list);
 		last = right;
 		right = right->ifa_next;
 		temp = temp->ifa_next->ifa_next;