diff --git a/src/decode-vlan.h b/src/decode-vlan.h
index bf9135ec57..c82e33be12 100644
--- a/src/decode-vlan.h
+++ b/src/decode-vlan.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef __DECODE_VLAN_H__
 #define __DECODE_VLAN_H__
 
+/* return vlan id in host byte order */
 uint16_t DecodeVLANGetId(const struct Packet_ *, uint8_t layer);
 
 /** Vlan type */
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ uint16_t DecodeVLANGetId(const struct Packet_ *, uint8_t layer);
 #define GET_VLAN_ID(vlanh)          ((uint16_t)(ntohs((vlanh)->vlan_cfi) & 0x0FFF))
 #define GET_VLAN_PROTO(vlanh)       ((ntohs((vlanh)->protocol)))
 
+/* return vlan id in host byte order */
 #define VLAN_GET_ID1(p)             DecodeVLANGetId((p), 0)
 #define VLAN_GET_ID2(p)             DecodeVLANGetId((p), 1)
 
diff --git a/src/output-json.c b/src/output-json.c
index e91f008c60..999cbef1db 100644
--- a/src/output-json.c
+++ b/src/output-json.c
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ json_t *CreateJSONHeader(Packet *p, int direction_sensitive, char *event_type)
         switch (p->vlan_idx) {
             case 1:
                 json_object_set_new(js, "vlan",
-                                    json_integer(ntohs(VLAN_GET_ID1(p))));
+                                    json_integer(VLAN_GET_ID1(p)));
                 break;
             case 2:
                 js_vlan = json_array();
                 if (unlikely(js != NULL)) {
                     json_array_append_new(js_vlan,
-                                    json_integer(ntohs(VLAN_GET_ID1(p))));
+                                    json_integer(VLAN_GET_ID1(p)));
                     json_array_append_new(js_vlan,
-                                    json_integer(ntohs(VLAN_GET_ID2(p))));
+                                    json_integer(VLAN_GET_ID2(p)));
                     json_object_set_new(js, "vlan", js_vlan);
                 }
                 break;