diff --git a/contrib/ipfilter/lib/gethost.c b/contrib/ipfilter/lib/gethost.c
index a11b09b2e49f..0206e87180cf 100644
--- a/contrib/ipfilter/lib/gethost.c
+++ b/contrib/ipfilter/lib/gethost.c
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ int gethost(family, name, hostp)
 		}
 #ifdef USE_INET6
 		if (family == AF_INET6) {
-			hostp->i6[0] = 0xfe80aa55;
-			hostp->i6[1] = 0x12345678;
-			hostp->i6[2] = 0x5a5aa5a5;
-			hostp->i6[3] = 0xfedcba98;
+			hostp->i6[0] = htonl(0xfe80aa55);
+			hostp->i6[1] = htonl(0x12345678);
+			hostp->i6[2] = htonl(0x5a5aa5a5);
+			hostp->i6[3] = htonl(0xfedcba98);
 		}
 #endif
 		return 0;