diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index ffca4208b2..cfa383564c 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -3606,7 +3606,7 @@ static struct sip_peer *realtime_peer(const char *newpeername, struct sockaddr_i
 			 */
 			if (var) {
 				for (tmp = var; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
-					if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "host")) {
+					if (!strcasecmp(tmp->name, "host")) {
 						struct hostent *hp;
 						struct ast_hostent ahp;
 						if (!(hp = ast_gethostbyname(tmp->value, &ahp)) || (memcmp(&hp->h_addr, &sin->sin_addr, sizeof(hp->h_addr)))) {