diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
index 0f9ca4b4..3c06112e 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: client.c,v 1.82 2009/03/04 18:46:44 stevesk Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: client.c,v 1.83 2009/03/04 18:49:07 stevesk Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ 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.rootdelay);
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.rootdispersion = sfp_to_d(msg.dispersion);
-	p->reply[p->shift].status.refid = ntohl(msg.refid);
+	p->reply[p->shift].status.refid = msg.refid;
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.reftime = lfp_to_d(msg.reftime);
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.poll = msg.ppoll;
 	p->reply[p->shift].status.stratum = msg.stratum;