diff --git a/_sctp.c b/_sctp.c
index aa0dca7..2276262 100644
--- a/_sctp.c
+++ b/_sctp.c
@@ -1663,7 +1663,8 @@ static PyObject* getladdrs(PyObject* dummy, PyObject* args)
 
 static PyObject* sctp_send_msg(PyObject* dummy, PyObject* args)
 {
-	int fd, msg_len, size_sent, ppid, flags, stream, ttl, context;
+	int fd, msg_len, size_sent, flags, stream, ttl, context;
+	int ppid;
 	const char *msg;
 	char *to;
 	int port;
diff --git a/sctp.py b/sctp.py
index 95c6470..3a8a379 100644
--- a/sctp.py
+++ b/sctp.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-
+from socket     import *
 import socket
 import _sctp
 
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ def sctp_send(self, msg, to=("",0), ppid=None, flags=0, stream=None, timetolive=
 			recordlog = open(recordfilename+"%d"%i, 'w')
 			recordlog.write(msg)
 			recordlog.close()
-		return _sctp.sctp_send_msg(self._sk.fileno(), msg, to, ppid, flags, stream, timetolive, context)
+		return _sctp.sctp_send_msg(self._sk.fileno(), msg, to, ntohl(ppid), flags, stream, timetolive, context)
 
 	def sctp_recv(self, maxlen):
 		"""