diff --git a/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_main.c b/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_main.c
index e0e44a5..a7d6d97 100644
--- a/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_main.c
+++ b/ipmitool/lib/ipmi_main.c
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ ipmi_main(int argc, char ** argv,
       if (transit_addr > 0) {
          intf->transit_addr    = transit_addr;
          intf->transit_channel = transit_channel;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         intf->transit_addr = intf->my_addr;
       }
 		/* must be admin level to do this over lan */
 		ipmi_intf_session_set_privlvl(intf, IPMI_SESSION_PRIV_ADMIN);