diff --git a/lib/POE/Wheel/SocketFactory.pm b/lib/POE/Wheel/SocketFactory.pm
index 0504e75..4f6c0de 100644
--- a/lib/POE/Wheel/SocketFactory.pm
+++ b/lib/POE/Wheel/SocketFactory.pm
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ sub _define_accept_state {
           ($peer_port, $peer_addr) = unpack_sockaddr_in($peer);
         }
         elsif ( $domain eq DOM_INET6 ) {
-          ($peer_addr, $peer_port) = unpack_sockaddr_in6($peer);
+          ($peer_port, $peer_addr) = unpack_sockaddr_in6($peer);
         }
         else {
           die "sanity failure: socket domain == $domain";