diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/dns/HostAddress.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/dns/HostAddress.java
index 9d7f263a1..66a6d018a 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/dns/HostAddress.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/dns/HostAddress.java
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ public class HostAddress {
         setException(e);
     }
 
+    public String getHost() {
+        if (fqdn != null) {
+            return fqdn;
+        }
+
+        // In this case, the HostAddress(int, InetAddress) constructor must been used. We have no FQDN. And
+        // inetAddresses.size() must be exactly one.
+        assert inetAddresses.size() == 1;
+        return inetAddresses.get(0).getHostAddress();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the fully qualified domain name. This may return <code>null</code> in case there host address is only numeric, i.e. an IP address.
+     *
+     * @return the fully qualified domain name or <code>null</code>
+     */
     public String getFQDN() {
         return fqdn;
     }
@@ -109,7 +125,7 @@ public class HostAddress {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return fqdn + ":" + port;
+        return getHost() + ":" + port;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -123,7 +139,7 @@ public class HostAddress {
 
         final HostAddress address = (HostAddress) o;
 
-        if (!fqdn.equals(address.fqdn)) {
+        if (!getHost().equals(address.getHost())) {
             return false;
         }
         return port == address.port;
@@ -132,7 +148,7 @@ public class HostAddress {
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         int result = 1;
-        result = 37 * result + fqdn.hashCode();
+        result = 37 * result + getHost().hashCode();
         return result * 37 + port;
     }
 
diff --git a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
index f38e8987b..67ea8f631 100644
--- a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         }
         for (HostAddress hostAddress : hostAddresses) {
             Iterator<InetAddress> inetAddresses = null;
-            String host = hostAddress.getFQDN();
+            String host = hostAddress.getHost();
             int port = hostAddress.getPort();
             if (proxyInfo == null) {
                 inetAddresses = hostAddress.getInetAddresses().iterator();