diff --git a/traceroute.cc b/traceroute.cc
index 1fe2f42a4..9ab3ec1a8 100644
--- a/traceroute.cc
+++ b/traceroute.cc
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ Traceroute::Traceroute (const char *device_name, devtype type) {
     pd = NULL;
     total_size = 0;
     memset(&ref_ipaddr, '\0', sizeof(struct in_addr));
+    cp_flag = 0;
 
     if(type == devt_loopback) 
         return;
@@ -500,12 +501,15 @@ Traceroute::readTraceResponses () {
             tp->ttl > 1 && tg->gotReply && tg->getState () != G_FINISH) {
             tg->setState (G_FINISH);
             tg->consolidation_start = tp->ttl+1;
+	    cp_flag = 1;
             break;
         } else if (commonPath[tp->ttl] == 0) {
             commonPath[tp->ttl] = tp->ipreplysrc.s_addr;
 	    /* remember which host is the reference trace */
-	    if(tp->ttl == 1)
-		ref_ipaddr.s_addr = tg->ipdst;
+            if(!cp_flag) {
+               ref_ipaddr.s_addr = tg->ipdst;
+               cp_flag = 1;
+	    }
 	}
         break;
     case IPPROTO_TCP:
diff --git a/traceroute.h b/traceroute.h
index 2661d2904..6fe03183b 100644
--- a/traceroute.h
+++ b/traceroute.h
@@ -344,12 +344,11 @@ class Traceroute {
      * the groups destination IP address */
      std::map < u32, TraceGroup * >TraceGroups;
 
-
     struct scan_info scaninfo;
     Target **hops;
     pcap_t *pd;
     eth_t *ethsd;
-    int fd, total_size;
+    int fd, total_size, cp_flag;
     struct in_addr ref_ipaddr;
 
     /* called by outputTarget to log XML data */