diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
index 632e810d..cc9946b9 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: client.c,v 1.38 2004/10/08 12:42:25 henning Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: client.c,v 1.39 2004/10/13 13:19:44 henning Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ client_dispatch(struct ntp_peer *p, u_int8_t settime)
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.precision = msg.precision;
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.rootdelay = sfp_to_d(msg.distance);
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.rootdispersion = sfp_to_d(msg.dispersion);
-	p->reply[p->shift].status.refid = htonl(msg.refid);
+	p->reply[p->shift].status.refid = ntohl(msg.refid);
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.reftime = lfp_to_d(msg.reftime);
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.poll = msg.ppoll;