diff --git a/src/ubik/beacon.c b/src/ubik/beacon.c
index 9d836d198a..1a25a0c572 100644
--- a/src/ubik/beacon.c
+++ b/src/ubik/beacon.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ verifyInterfaceAddress(ame, info, aservers)
 	for (i = 0; i < totalServers; i++) {
 	    if (info)
 		tmpAddr =
-		    ntohl((afs_uint32) info->hostAddr[i].sin_addr.s_addr);
+		    (afs_uint32) info->hostAddr[i].sin_addr.s_addr;
 	    else
 		tmpAddr = aservers[i];
 	    if (myAddr[j] == tmpAddr) {