diff --git a/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_address.cpp b/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_address.cpp
index ddb36428e1..93997479f1 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_address.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_address.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void AP_Networking_IPV4::set_default_uint32(uint32_t v)
 
 const char* AP_Networking_IPV4::get_str()
 {
-    const auto ip = ntohl(get_uint32());
+    const auto ip = get_uint32();
     return SocketAPM::inet_addr_to_str(ip, strbuf, sizeof(strbuf));
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_tests.cpp b/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_tests.cpp
index d4c33f9806..5630126105 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_tests.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_Networking/AP_Networking_tests.cpp
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ void AP_Networking::test_TCP_discard(void)
         return;
     }
     // connect to the discard service, which is port 9
-    if (!sock->connect(dest, 9)) {
-        GCS_SEND_TEXT(MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR, "TCP_discard: connect failed");
-        return;
+    while (!sock->connect(dest, 9)) {
+        hal.scheduler->delay(10);
     }
+    GCS_SEND_TEXT(MAV_SEVERITY_INFO, "TCP_discard: connected");
     const uint32_t bufsize = 1024;
     uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t*)malloc(bufsize);
     for (uint32_t i=0; i<bufsize; i++) {