diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 190dce326e..1fa7486b0a 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ function validate_email($addr) {
 		return false;
 	$h = substr($addr,strpos($addr,'@') + 1);
 
-	if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR + DNS_MX) || filter_var($h['host'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) )) {
+	if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR + DNS_MX) || filter_var($h, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) )) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;