1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/access.c b/source3/lib/access.c
index 9d07893c2f..c30b3c33cc 100644
--- a/source3/lib/access.c
+++ b/source3/lib/access.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static BOOL masked_match(const char *tok, const char *slash, const char *s)
                 mask = interpret_addr(slash + 1);
         } else {
 		mask = (uint32)((ALLONES >> atoi(slash + 1)) ^ ALLONES);
+		/* convert to network byte order */
+		mask = htonl(mask);
         }
 
 	if (net == INADDR_NONE || mask == INADDR_NONE) {
@@ -41,9 +43,6 @@ static BOOL masked_match(const char *tok, const char *slash, const char *s)
 		return (False);
 	}
 	
-	/* convert to network byte order */
-	mask = htonl(mask);
-	
 	return ((addr & mask) == net);
 }