diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index 30b730ef..8d0033de 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ async fn accept_connection(
     let accept_counter = Arc::new(());
 
     loop {
-        let (sock, _addr) = match listener.accept().await {
+        let (sock, peer) = match listener.accept().await {
             Ok(conn) => conn,
             Err(err) =>  {
                 eprintln!("error accepting tcp connection: {}", err);
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ async fn accept_connection(
         sock.set_nodelay(true).unwrap();
         let _ = set_tcp_keepalive(sock.as_raw_fd(), PROXMOX_BACKUP_TCP_KEEPALIVE_TIME);
 
-        let peer = sock.peer_addr().ok();
         let sock = RateLimitedStream::with_limiter_update_cb(sock, move || lookup_rate_limiter(peer));
 
         let ssl = { // limit acceptor_guard scope
@@ -1144,7 +1143,7 @@ async fn run_traffic_control_updater() {
 }
 
 fn lookup_rate_limiter(
-    peer: Option<std::net::SocketAddr>,
+    peer: std::net::SocketAddr,
 ) -> (Option<Arc<dyn ShareableRateLimit>>, Option<Arc<dyn ShareableRateLimit>>) {
     let mut cache = TRAFFIC_CONTROL_CACHE.lock().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/src/cached_traffic_control.rs b/src/cached_traffic_control.rs
index ba552215..2f077d36 100644
--- a/src/cached_traffic_control.rs
+++ b/src/cached_traffic_control.rs
@@ -305,15 +305,10 @@ impl TrafficControlCache {
 
     pub fn lookup_rate_limiter(
         &self,
-        peer: Option<SocketAddr>,
+        peer: SocketAddr,
         now: i64,
     ) -> (&str, Option<Arc<dyn ShareableRateLimit>>, Option<Arc<dyn ShareableRateLimit>>) {
 
-        let peer = match peer {
-            None => return ("", None, None),
-            Some(peer) => peer,
-        };
-
         let peer_ip = cannonical_ip(peer.ip());
 
         log::debug!("lookup_rate_limiter: {:?}", peer_ip);
@@ -427,32 +422,27 @@ rule: somewhere
         let private = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(192, 168, 2, 35)), 1234);
         let somewhere = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(1, 2, 3, 4)), 1234);
 
-        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(None, THURSDAY_80_00);
-        assert_eq!(rule, "");
-        assert!(read_limiter.is_none());
-        assert!(write_limiter.is_none());
-
-        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(Some(somewhere), THURSDAY_80_00);
+        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(somewhere, THURSDAY_80_00);
         assert_eq!(rule, "somewhere");
         assert!(read_limiter.is_some());
         assert!(write_limiter.is_some());
 
-         let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(Some(local), THURSDAY_19_00);
+         let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(local, THURSDAY_19_00);
         assert_eq!(rule, "rule2");
         assert!(read_limiter.is_some());
         assert!(write_limiter.is_some());
 
-        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(Some(gateway), THURSDAY_15_00);
+        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(gateway, THURSDAY_15_00);
         assert_eq!(rule, "rule1");
         assert!(read_limiter.is_some());
         assert!(write_limiter.is_some());
 
-        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(Some(gateway), THURSDAY_19_00);
+        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(gateway, THURSDAY_19_00);
         assert_eq!(rule, "somewhere");
         assert!(read_limiter.is_some());
         assert!(write_limiter.is_some());
 
-        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(Some(private), THURSDAY_19_00);
+        let (rule, read_limiter, write_limiter) = cache.lookup_rate_limiter(private, THURSDAY_19_00);
         assert_eq!(rule, "rule2");
         assert!(read_limiter.is_some());
         assert!(write_limiter.is_some());