diff --git a/libguile/net_db.c b/libguile/net_db.c
index 1d21715e1..bbd21d86d 100644
--- a/libguile/net_db.c
+++ b/libguile/net_db.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Unusual conditions may result in errors thrown to the
     }
   else
     {
-      inad.s_addr = htonl (SCM_NUM2ULONG (1,name);
+      inad.s_addr = htonl (SCM_NUM2ULONG (1,name));
       entry = gethostbyaddr ((char *) &inad, sizeof (inad), AF_INET);
     }
   if (!entry)