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diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 5f7e5b9b5..318d561bb 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ static int common_ping_main(sa_family_t af, char **argv)
create_icmp_socket(lsa);
G.myid = (uint16_t) getpid();
+ /* we can use native-endian ident, but other Unix ping/traceroute
+ * utils use *big-endian pid*, and e.g. traceroute on our machine may be
+ * *not* from busybox, idents may collide. Follow the convention:
+ */
+ G.myid = htons(G.myid);
#if ENABLE_PING6
if (lsa->u.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
ping6(lsa);
@@ -927,6 +932,11 @@ static int common_ping_main(int opt, char **argv)
G.interval_us = interval * 1000000;
myid = (uint16_t) getpid();
+ /* we can use native-endian ident, but other Unix ping/traceroute
+ * utils use *big-endian pid*, and e.g. traceroute on our machine may be
+ * *not* from busybox, idents may collide. Follow the convention:
+ */
+ myid = htons(myid);
hostname = argv[optind];
#if ENABLE_PING6
{