diff --git a/modules/dcache/src/main/java/org/dcache/http/AbstractLoggingHandler.java b/modules/dcache/src/main/java/org/dcache/http/AbstractLoggingHandler.java
index 73523955fa9..30e0ae9bfeb 100644
--- a/modules/dcache/src/main/java/org/dcache/http/AbstractLoggingHandler.java
+++ b/modules/dcache/src/main/java/org/dcache/http/AbstractLoggingHandler.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ protected void describeOperation(NetLoggerBuilder log,
         log.add("response.code", response.getStatus());
         log.add("response.reason", getReason(response));
         log.add("location", response.getHeader("Location"));
-        InetAddress addr = InetAddresses.forString(request.getRemoteAddr());
+        InetAddress addr = InetAddresses.forUriString(request.getRemoteAddr());
         log.add("socket.remote", new InetSocketAddress(addr, request.getRemotePort()));
         log.add("user-agent", request.getHeader("User-Agent"));