diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index 9a261c314ea..6b987626eee 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -8598,7 +8598,8 @@ function getremoteaddr($default='0.0.0.0') {
     }
     if (!($variablestoskip & GETREMOTEADDR_SKIP_HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)) {
         if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
-            $address = cleanremoteaddr($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
+            $hdr = explode(",", $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
+            $address = $hdr[0];
             return $address ? $address : $default;
         }
     }