diff --git a/lib/routemap.c b/lib/routemap.c
index 31afc33f58..175e099994 100644
--- a/lib/routemap.c
+++ b/lib/routemap.c
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ DEFUN (set_ip_nexthop,
 		return CMD_WARNING_CONFIG_FAILED;
 	}
 	if (su.sin.sin_addr.s_addr == 0
-	    || IPV4_CLASS_DE(su.sin.sin_addr.s_addr)) {
+	    || IPV4_CLASS_DE(ntohl(su.sin.sin_addr.s_addr))) {
 		vty_out(vty,
 			"%% nexthop address cannot be 0.0.0.0, multicast or reserved\n");
 		return CMD_WARNING_CONFIG_FAILED;