diff --git a/les/peer.go b/les/peer.go
index 8b506de629..1cacf3b5ad 100644
--- a/les/peer.go
+++ b/les/peer.go
@@ -98,14 +98,12 @@ type peer struct {
 }
 
 func newPeer(version int, network uint64, isTrusted bool, p *p2p.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) *peer {
-	id := p.ID()
-
 	return &peer{
 		Peer:      p,
 		rw:        rw,
 		version:   version,
 		network:   network,
-		id:        fmt.Sprintf("%x", id),
+		id:        fmt.Sprintf("%x", p.ID().Bytes()),
 		isTrusted: isTrusted,
 	}
 }