diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 35308888a..d0578cfdd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-06  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@gnu.org>
+
+	* netboot/misc.c (inet_aton): Don't check if *P is an asterisk,
+	if I is 3. Reported by Rick (his real name and address are
+	unknown).
+	
 2002-01-03  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@gnu.org>
 
 	Update the netboot stuff to Etherboot-5.0.5.
diff --git a/netboot/misc.c b/netboot/misc.c
index cb9bbff00..10f189c25 100644
--- a/netboot/misc.c
+++ b/netboot/misc.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ inet_aton (char *p, in_addr *addr)
       if (val < 0 || val > 255)
 	return 0;
       
-      if (*p++ != '.')
+      if (i != 3 && *p++ != '.')
 	return 0;
       
       ip = (ip << 8) | val;