diff --git a/src/route_ping.c b/src/route_ping.c
index 68ef6ffc..4b9e7a5c 100644
--- a/src/route_ping.c
+++ b/src/route_ping.c
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ int route_ping_send_req_addr(struct ROUTE_BGP* bgp, struct ETCP_CONN* to_conn, u
 
     pending->timeout_timer = uasync_set_timeout(bgp->instance->ua, wait_timeout_ms * 10, pending, route_ping_pending_timeout);
 
-    DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_BGP, "request_id=%016llx node=%016llx ip=%08x port=%u pubkey=%s",
+    DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_BGP, "request_id=%016llx node=%016llx ip=%s port=%u pubkey=%s",
                (unsigned long long)pending->request_id, (unsigned long long)node_id,
-               (unsigned)target_ip, (unsigned)target_port, pubkey ? "yes" : "no");
+               ip_to_str(&target_ip, AF_INET).str, (unsigned)target_port, pubkey ? "yes" : "no");
     return 0;
 }