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 f7d98b6dd..501d9d7fa 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
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         Socket plain = socket;
         // Secure the plain connection
         socket = context.getSocketFactory().createSocket(plain,
-                plain.getInetAddress().getHostAddress(), plain.getPort(), true);
+                host, plain.getPort(), true);
         // Initialize the reader and writer with the new secured version
         initReaderAndWriter();