diff --git a/net-snmp-5.9-twice-IP-parsing.patch b/net-snmp-5.9-twice-IP-parsing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2928e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-snmp-5.9-twice-IP-parsing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPDomain.c b/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPDomain.c
+index b96497f3a..b594a389b 100644
+--- a/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPDomain.c
++++ b/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPDomain.c
+@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ netsnmp_udp_parse_security(const char *token, char *param)
+             /* Nope, wasn't a dotted quad.  Must be a hostname. */
+             int ret = netsnmp_gethostbyname_v4(sourcep, &network.s_addr);
+             if (ret < 0) {
+-                config_perror("cannot resolve source hostname");
++                config_perror("cannot resolve IPv4 source hostname");
+                 return;
+             }
+         }
+diff --git a/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPIPv6Domain.c b/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPIPv6Domain.c
+index 238c8a9d6..43c4eaee1 100644
+--- a/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPIPv6Domain.c
++++ b/snmplib/transports/snmpUDPIPv6Domain.c
+@@ -736,7 +736,15 @@ netsnmp_udp6_parse_security(const char *token, char *param)
+                 memset(&pton_addr.sin6_addr.s6_addr, '\0',
+                        sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+             } else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, sourcep, &pton_addr.sin6_addr) != 1) {
+-                /* Nope, wasn't a numeric address. Must be a hostname. */
++                /* Nope, wasn't a numeric IPv6 address. Must be IPv4 or a hostname. */
++
++                /* Try interpreting as dotted quad - IPv4 */
++                struct in_addr network;
++                if (inet_pton(AF_INET, sourcep, &network) > 0){
++                    /* Yes, it's IPv4 - those it's already parsed and we can return. */
++                    DEBUGMSGTL(("com2sec6", "IPv4 detected for IPv6 parser. Skipping.\n"));
++                    return;
++                }
+ #if HAVE_GETADDRINFO
+                 int             gai_error;
+ 
diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index d9f4533..d5e3365 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Summary:    A collection of SNMP protocol tools and libraries
 Name:       net-snmp
 Version:    5.9
-Release:    8%{?dist}
+Release:    9%{?dist}
 Epoch:      1
 
 License:    BSD
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Patch26:    net-snmp-5.8-empty-passphrase.patch
 Patch27:    net-snmp-5.9-ECC-cert.patch
 Patch28:    net-snmp-5.9-intermediate-certs.patch
 Patch29:    net-snmp-5.9-ssl-buffer-size.patch
+Patch30:    net-snmp-5.9-twice-IP-parsing.patch
 
 # Modern RPM API means at least EL6
 Patch101:   net-snmp-5.8-modern-rpm-api.patch
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE10} .
 %patch27 -p1 -b .ECC-cert
 %patch28 -p1 -b .intermediate-certs
 %patch29 -p1 -b .ssl-buffer-size
+%patch30 -p1 -b .twice-IP-parsing
 
 %patch101 -p1 -b .modern-rpm-api
 %patch102 -p1
@@ -503,6 +505,9 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}/%{_libdir} make test
 %{_libdir}/libnetsnmptrapd*.so.%{soname}*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 15 2021 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1:5.9-9
+- fix issue with parsing IPv4 address twice
+
 * Tue Mar 02 2021 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1:5.9-8
 - Rebuilt for updated systemd-rpm-macros
   See https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2583.