diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
index 6386929e936..6a33c14baaf 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
@@ -121,13 +121,7 @@ public class ApiServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
     private void processRequestInContext(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         StringBuffer auditTrailSb = new StringBuffer();
-        String ipAddress = req.getHeader("X-FORWARDED-FOR");
-        if (ipAddress == null) {
-            ipAddress = req.getRemoteAddr();
-        } else {
-            ipAddress = ipAddress.split(",")[0];
-        }
-        auditTrailSb.append(" " + ipAddress);
+        auditTrailSb.append(" " + req.getRemoteAddr());
         auditTrailSb.append(" -- " + req.getMethod() + " ");
         // get the response format since we'll need it in a couple of places
         String responseType = BaseCmd.RESPONSE_TYPE_XML;