diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c b/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
index 11ada92c..be6e1229 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
@@ -454,13 +454,11 @@ static void event_connected(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *data, const char
 		server->nick = g_strdup(nick);
 	}
 
-	if (server->real_address == NULL) {
-		/* set the server address */
-                g_free(server->real_address);
-		server->real_address = from == NULL ?
-			g_strdup(server->connrec->address) : /* shouldn't happen.. */
-			g_strdup(from);
-	}
+	/* set the server address */
+	g_free(server->real_address);
+	server->real_address = from == NULL ?
+		g_strdup(server->connrec->address) : /* shouldn't happen.. */
+		g_strdup(from);
 
 	/* last welcome message found - commands can be sent to server now. */
 	server->connected = 1;