diff --git a/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php b/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
index bf85b80e60..764c240656 100644
--- a/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
+++ b/app/event_guard/resources/service/event_guard.php
@@ -589,12 +589,12 @@
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		//get the access control allowed nodes
+		//check to see if the address was authenticated successfully
 		$sql = "select count(user_log_uuid) ";
 		$sql .= "from v_user_logs ";
-		$sql .= "where ip_address = :ip_address ";
+		$sql .= "where remote_address = :remote_address ";
 		$sql .= "and result = 'success' ";
-		$parameters['ip_address'] = $ip_address;  
+		$parameters['remote_address'] = $ip_address;  
 		$database = new database;
 		$user_log_count = $database->select($sql, $parameters, 'column');
 		unset($database);