diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 6d75542a23..e64fc049f3 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -700,6 +700,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_bool_t) switch_check_network_list_ip(const char *ip_str, c
 	switch_mutex_lock(runtime.global_mutex);
 	switch_inet_pton(AF_INET, ip_str, &ip);
 
+	ip = htonl(ip);
+
 	if ((list = switch_core_hash_find(IP_LIST.hash, list_name))) {
 		ok = switch_network_list_validate_ip(list, ip);
 	} else if (strchr(list_name, '/')) {
diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index 346be5ada9..fb371517ce 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_parse_cidr(const char *string, uint32_t *ip, uint32_t
 
 	bits = atoi(bit_str);
 	switch_inet_pton(AF_INET, host, ip);
-	*mask = 0xFFFFFFFF & ~(0xFFFFFFFF << bits);
+	*ip = htonl(*ip);
+
+	*mask = 0xFFFFFFFF & ~(0xFFFFFFFF >> bits);
+
 	*bitp = bits;
 
 	return 0;