diff --git a/src/modules/pe_get_kernel32_module_handle.c b/src/modules/pe_get_kernel32_module_handle.c
index 9cd0c18..2625e0f 100644
--- a/src/modules/pe_get_kernel32_module_handle.c
+++ b/src/modules/pe_get_kernel32_module_handle.c
@@ -17,48 +17,62 @@ static int pe_get_kernel32_handle_callback(
 {
 	#define KERNEL32_UTF16_STRLEN	24
 
-	int32_t		kernel32_base_name_le[4];
-	char *		kernel32_base_name_ansi;
+	intptr_t *		addr;
+	const wchar16_t *	wch;
 
-	intptr_t *	addr;
-	char *		ch;
-	size_t 		match;
+	/* not an item? */
+	if (reason != PE_CALLBACK_REASON_ITEM)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* wrong length? */
+	if (ldr_tbl_entry->base_dll_name.strlen != KERNEL32_UTF16_STRLEN)
+		return 1;
 
 	/* avoid scan-based false positives */
-	kernel32_base_name_le[0] = 0x6E72656B; /* 'kern' */
-	kernel32_base_name_le[1] = 0x32336C65; /* 'el32' */
-	kernel32_base_name_le[2] = 0x6C6C642E; /* '.dll' */
-	kernel32_base_name_le[3] = 0;
-
-	kernel32_base_name_ansi = (char *)&kernel32_base_name_le;
-
-	match = 0;
-	addr = (intptr_t *)context;
-
-	if (reason == PE_CALLBACK_REASON_ITEM)
-		if (ldr_tbl_entry->base_dll_name.strlen == KERNEL32_UTF16_STRLEN) {
-			ch	= (char *)ldr_tbl_entry->base_dll_name.buffer;
-			match	= 0;
-
-			while ((match < sizeof(kernel32_base_name_ansi))
-				&& ((*ch == kernel32_base_name_ansi[match])
-					|| (*ch == (kernel32_base_name_ansi[match] + 'A' - 'a')))
-				&& (*(ch + 1) == 0)) {
-					ch+=sizeof(uint16_t);
-					match++;
-				}
-		}
-
-	if (match == sizeof(kernel32_base_name_ansi)) {
-		*addr = (intptr_t)ldr_tbl_entry->dll_base;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	else
+	wch = ldr_tbl_entry->base_dll_name.buffer;
+
+	if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[4] != 'e'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[1] != 'e'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[3] != 'n'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[2] != 'r'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[5] != 'l'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[0] != 'k'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[7] != '2'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[6] != '3'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[11] != 'l'))
 		return 1;
-}
 
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[10] != 'l'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[9] != 'd'))
+		return 1;
+
+	else if (pe_impl_utf16_char_to_lower(wch[8] != '.'))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* match */
+	addr  = (intptr_t *)context;
+	*addr = (intptr_t)ldr_tbl_entry->dll_base;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-pe_api
 void * pe_get_kernel32_module_handle(void)
 {