diff --git a/zyklonb.c b/zyklonb.c
index 7c00583..f8d931a 100644
--- a/zyklonb.c
+++ b/zyklonb.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ socks_connect (const char *socks_host, const char *socks_port,
 	unsigned long port_no;
 	const struct servent *serv;
 	if ((serv = getservbyname (port, "tcp")))
-		port_no = (uint16_t) serv->s_port;
+		port_no = (uint16_t) ntohs (serv->s_port);
 	else if (!xstrtoul (&port_no, port, 10) || !port_no || port_no > UINT16_MAX)
 	{
 		error_set (e, "invalid port number");