diff --git a/plugins/tuntap/firewall.c b/plugins/tuntap/firewall.c
index 0d654001..0f60affc 100644
--- a/plugins/tuntap/firewall.c
+++ b/plugins/tuntap/firewall.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void uwsgi_tuntap_peer_send_rules(int fd, struct uwsgi_tuntap_peer *peer) {
                         	exit(1);
                 	}
 			*colon = ':';
-			utpr.target = ntohl(utpr.target);
+			utpr.target = utpr.target;
 			utpr.target_port = htons(atoi(colon+1));
 		}