diff --git a/src/cares_wrap.cc b/src/cares_wrap.cc
index 2983f9364cb0e3..6d7a8e66a9d2ce 100644
--- a/src/cares_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/cares_wrap.cc
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ void SetLocalAddress(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   // to 0 (any).
 
   if (uv_inet_pton(AF_INET, *ip0, &addr0) == 0) {
-    ares_set_local_ip4(channel->cares_channel(), cares_get_32bit(addr0));
+    ares_set_local_ip4(channel->cares_channel(), ReadUint32BE(addr0));
     type0 = 4;
   } else if (uv_inet_pton(AF_INET6, *ip0, &addr0) == 0) {
     ares_set_local_ip6(channel->cares_channel(), addr0);
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ void SetLocalAddress(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(env, "Cannot specify two IPv4 addresses.");
         return;
       } else {
-        ares_set_local_ip4(channel->cares_channel(), cares_get_32bit(addr1));
+        ares_set_local_ip4(channel->cares_channel(), ReadUint32BE(addr1));
       }
     } else if (uv_inet_pton(AF_INET6, *ip1, &addr1) == 0) {
       if (type0 == 6) {