1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 0cea713ec..5d5d4de4d 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
         if (!host)
                 usage();
 
-        lowercase(host);
         host_arg = xstrdup(host);
 
         OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
@@ -914,6 +913,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
         }
 
         /* If canonicalization requested then try to apply it */
+        lowercase(host);
         if (options.canonicalize_hostname != SSH_CANONICALISE_NO)
                 addrs = resolve_canonicalize(&host, options.port);
         /*