diff --git a/src/ipaddrcheck_functions.c b/src/ipaddrcheck_functions.c
index 75d8eec..09830a1 100644
--- a/src/ipaddrcheck_functions.c
+++ b/src/ipaddrcheck_functions.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int is_ipv4_range(char* range_str, int prefix_length, int verbose)
             struct in_addr* left_in_addr = cidr_to_inaddr(left_addr, NULL);
             struct in_addr* right_in_addr = cidr_to_inaddr(right_addr, NULL);
 
-            if( left_in_addr->s_addr <= right_in_addr->s_addr )
+            if( ntohl(left_in_addr->s_addr) <= ntohl(right_in_addr->s_addr) )
             {
                 /* If non-zero prefix_length is given,
                    check if the right address is within the network of the first one. */
diff --git a/tests/check_ipaddrcheck.c b/tests/check_ipaddrcheck.c
index c4be8b1..fe3876c 100644
--- a/tests/check_ipaddrcheck.c
+++ b/tests/check_ipaddrcheck.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ START_TEST (test_is_ipv4_range)
     ck_assert_int_eq(is_ipv4_range("192.0.2.0-192.0.2.10", 0, 1), RESULT_SUCCESS);
     ck_assert_int_eq(is_ipv4_range("192.0.2.-", 0, 1), RESULT_FAILURE);
     ck_assert_int_eq(is_ipv4_range("192.0.2.99-192.0.2.11", 0, 1), RESULT_FAILURE);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(is_ipv4_range("192.0.2.0-1.8.2.1", 0, 1), RESULT_FAILURE);
 }
 END_TEST