diff --git a/bacnet-stack/src/bip.c b/bacnet-stack/src/bip.c
index 7cb6e092..1b78e8b0 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/src/bip.c
+++ b/bacnet-stack/src/bip.c
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ uint16_t bip_receive(
             }
         }
     } else if (pdu[1] == BVLC_FORWARDED_NPDU) {
-        (void) decode_unsigned32(&pdu[4], (uint32_t *) & sin.sin_addr.s_addr);
-        (void) decode_unsigned16(&pdu[8], &sin.sin_port);
+        // next 2 lines - moved data is always in the network format
+        *(uint32_t *)&sin.sin_addr.s_addr = *(uint32_t *)&pdu[4];
+        *(uint16_t *)&sin.sin_port = *(uint16_t *)&pdu[8];
         if ((sin.sin_addr.s_addr == htonl(BIP_Address.s_addr)) &&
             (sin.sin_port == htons(BIP_Port))) {
             /* ignore messages from me */