diff --git a/lib/http/rpc.js b/lib/http/rpc.js
index 2fbc8ebd..9fee1d4f 100644
--- a/lib/http/rpc.js
+++ b/lib/http/rpc.js
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ RPC.prototype.getpeerinfo = co(function* getpeerinfo(args, help) {
       subver: peer.agent,
       inbound: !peer.outbound,
       startingheight: peer.height,
-      besthash: peer.bestHash,
+      besthash: peer.bestHash ? util.revHex(peer.bestHash) : null,
       bestheight: peer.bestHeight,
       banscore: peer.banScore,
       inflight: peer.requestMap.keys().map(util.revHex),