diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 78b056800..78b734794 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 * Unreleased - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.9.3
     - BUGFIX: Fix btdigg plugin (Python3 support + torrent name in magnet links)
+    - BUGFIX: Fix banning of IPv6 peers (Closes #885021)
     - I18N: Add Georgian translation
 
 * Sat Oct 29 2011 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.9.2
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/filterparserthread.h b/src/qtlibtorrent/filterparserthread.h
index 08a46cfd6..90853e2e3 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/filterparserthread.h
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/filterparserthread.h
@@ -365,13 +365,13 @@ public:
     start();
   }
 
-  static void processFilterList(libtorrent::session *s, QStringList IPs) {
+  static void processFilterList(libtorrent::session *s, const QStringList& IPs) {
     // First, import current filter
     libtorrent::ip_filter filter = s->get_ip_filter();
     foreach(const QString &ip, IPs) {
       qDebug("Manual ban of peer %s", ip.toLocal8Bit().constData());
       boost::system::error_code ec;
-      libtorrent::address_v4 addr = libtorrent::address_v4::from_string(ip.toLocal8Bit().constData(), ec);
+      libtorrent::address addr = libtorrent::address::from_string(ip.toLocal8Bit().constData(), ec);
       Q_ASSERT(!ec);
       if(!ec)
         filter.add_rule(addr, addr, libtorrent::ip_filter::blocked);