diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ab11ddb6d5..6d4e07b349 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.25 - 2010-??-??
     - When freeing a cipher, zero it out completely. We only zeroed
       the first ptrsize bytes. Bugfix on tor-0.0.2pre8. Discovered
       and patched by ekir. Fixes bug 1254.
+    - Avoid a bug that set IPs incorrectly on relays that did't set
+      Address to an IP address, when that address fails to resolve.
+      Fixes bug 1269.
+
   o Minor bugfixes:
     - Fix a dereference-then-NULL-check sequence when publishing
       descriptors. Bugfix on tor-0.2.1.5-alpha. Discovered by ekir,
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 0e92fbf7be..6292f8f17d 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ resolve_my_address(int warn_severity, or_options_t *options,
   if (tor_inet_aton(hostname, &in) == 0) {
     /* then we have to resolve it */
     explicit_ip = 0;
-    if (!tor_lookup_hostname(hostname, &addr)) {
+    if (tor_lookup_hostname(hostname, &addr)) {
       uint32_t interface_ip;
 
       if (explicit_hostname) {