diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
index 300d3e43..821f2ea8 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void get_server_splits(void *key, NETSPLIT_REC *split,
 		chanrec->nick_count++;
 		if (netsplit_nicks_hide_threshold <= 0 ||
 		    chanrec->nick_count <= netsplit_nicks_hide_threshold) {
-			if (splitchan->nick.op)
+			if (splitchan->op)
 				g_string_append_c(chanrec->nicks, '@');
 			g_string_sprintfa(chanrec->nicks, "%s ", split->nick);
 
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ static void split_print(NETSPLIT_REC *rec)
 
 	chan = rec->channels->data;
 	chanstr = chan == NULL ? "" :
-		g_strconcat(chan->nick.op ? "@" :
-			    (chan->nick.voice ? "+" : ""), chan->name, NULL);
+		g_strconcat(chan->op ? "@" :
+			    (chan->voice ? "+" : ""), chan->name, NULL);
 
 	printformat(NULL, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP, IRCTXT_NETSPLITS_LINE,
 		    rec->nick, chanstr, rec->server->server,
diff --git a/src/irc/bot/bot-events.c b/src/irc/bot/bot-events.c
index f00fc5f8..a03f2f21 100644
--- a/src/irc/bot/bot-events.c
+++ b/src/irc/bot/bot-events.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static void event_massjoin(IRC_CHANNEL_REC *channel, GSList *users)
 static void parse_channel_mode(IRC_CHANNEL_REC *channel, const char *mode,
 			       const char *nick, const char *address)
 {
-	NICK_REC *nickrec, *splitnick;
+	NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC *splitnick;
+	NICK_REC *nickrec;
 	USER_REC *user;
 	GString *str;
 	char *ptr, *curmode, type, *dup, *modestr;
diff --git a/src/irc/core/netsplit.c b/src/irc/core/netsplit.c
index 594f5f8e..397c10ba 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/netsplit.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/netsplit.c
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ static NETSPLIT_REC *netsplit_add(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick,
 
 		splitchan = g_new0(NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC, 1);
 		splitchan->name = g_strdup(channel->name);
-		memcpy(&splitchan->nick, nickrec, sizeof(NICK_REC));
+		splitchan->op = nickrec->op;
+		splitchan->halfop = nickrec->halfop;
+		splitchan->voice = nickrec->voice;
 
 		rec->channels = g_slist_append(rec->channels, splitchan);
 	}
@@ -190,8 +192,9 @@ NETSPLIT_REC *netsplit_find(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick,
 		g_strcasecmp(rec->address, address) == 0) ? rec : NULL;
 }
 
-NICK_REC *netsplit_find_channel(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick,
-				const char *address, const char *channel)
+NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC *netsplit_find_channel(IRC_SERVER_REC *server,
+					 const char *nick, const char *address,
+					 const char *channel)
 {
 	NETSPLIT_REC *rec;
 	GSList *tmp;
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ NICK_REC *netsplit_find_channel(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick,
 		NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC *rec = tmp->data;
 
 		if (g_strcasecmp(rec->name, channel) == 0)
-			return &rec->nick;
+			return rec;
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/src/irc/core/netsplit.h b/src/irc/core/netsplit.h
index cce52e2a..9b28c9c6 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/netsplit.h
+++ b/src/irc/core/netsplit.h
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
 	char *name;
-	NICK_REC nick;
+	unsigned int op:1;
+	unsigned int halfop:1;
+	unsigned int voice:1;
 } NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC;
 
 void netsplit_init(void);
 void netsplit_deinit(void);
 
 NETSPLIT_REC *netsplit_find(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick, const char *address);
-NICK_REC *netsplit_find_channel(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick, const char *address, const char *channel);
+NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC *netsplit_find_channel(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *nick, const char *address, const char *channel);
 
 /* check if quit message is a netsplit message */
 int quitmsg_is_split(const char *msg);
diff --git a/src/perl/irc/Irc.xs b/src/perl/irc/Irc.xs
index 554065bc..b0588cec 100644
--- a/src/perl/irc/Irc.xs
+++ b/src/perl/irc/Irc.xs
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ static void perl_netsplit_server_fill_hash(HV *hv, NETSPLIT_SERVER_REC *rec)
 static void perl_netsplit_channel_fill_hash(HV *hv, NETSPLIT_CHAN_REC *rec)
 {
 	hv_store(hv, "name", 4, new_pv(rec->name), 0);
-	hv_store(hv, "nick", 4, iobject_bless(&rec->nick), 0);
+	hv_store(hv, "op", 2, newSViv(rec->op), 0);
+	hv_store(hv, "halfop", 6, newSViv(rec->halfop), 0);
+	hv_store(hv, "voice", 5, newSViv(rec->voice), 0);
 }
 
 static void perl_notifylist_fill_hash(HV *hv, NOTIFYLIST_REC *notify)
diff --git a/src/perl/irc/Netsplit.xs b/src/perl/irc/Netsplit.xs
index e4ef85e4..b0b1e523 100644
--- a/src/perl/irc/Netsplit.xs
+++ b/src/perl/irc/Netsplit.xs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ netsplit_find(server, nick, address)
 	char *nick
 	char *address
 
-Irssi::Irc::Nick
+Irssi::Irc::Netsplitchannel
 netsplit_find_channel(server, nick, address, channel)
 	Irssi::Irc::Server server
 	char *nick