diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_learnipaddr.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_learnipaddr.c
index 71dc240b4f..b4536a8f59 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_learnipaddr.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_learnipaddr.c
@@ -546,9 +546,11 @@ learnIPAddressThread(void *arg)
                     struct iphdr *iphdr = (struct iphdr*)(packet +
                                                           ethHdrSize);
                     vmaddr = iphdr->saddr;
-                    // skip eth. bcast and mcast addresses,
-                    // and zero address in DHCP Requests
-                    if ((ntohl(vmaddr) & 0xc0000000) || vmaddr == 0) {
+                    // skip mcast addresses (224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255),
+                    // class E (240.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255, includes eth.
+                    // bcast) and zero address in DHCP Requests
+                    if ( (ntohl(vmaddr) & 0xe0000000) == 0xe0000000 ||
+                         vmaddr == 0) {
                         vmaddr = 0;
                         continue;
                     }