diff --git a/host_source.go b/host_source.go
index adcf1a729..ce764959e 100644
--- a/host_source.go
+++ b/host_source.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (h *HostInfo) Equal(host *HostInfo) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	return h.ConnectAddress().Equal(host.ConnectAddress())
+	return h.HostID() == host.HostID() && h.ConnectAddressAndPort() == host.ConnectAddressAndPort()
 }
 
 func (h *HostInfo) Peer() net.IP {
diff --git a/policies.go b/policies.go
index ed0b02f3e..523ab2fbd 100644
--- a/policies.go
+++ b/policies.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
-	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *cowHostList) add(host *HostInfo) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (c *cowHostList) remove(ip net.IP) bool {
+func (c *cowHostList) remove(host *HostInfo) bool {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	l := c.get()
 	size := len(l)
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *cowHostList) remove(ip net.IP) bool {
 	found := false
 	newL := make([]*HostInfo, 0, size)
 	for i := 0; i < len(l); i++ {
-		if !l[i].ConnectAddress().Equal(ip) {
+		if !l[i].Equal(host) {
 			newL = append(newL, l[i])
 		} else {
 			found = true
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ func (r *roundRobinHostPolicy) AddHost(host *HostInfo) {
 }
 
 func (r *roundRobinHostPolicy) RemoveHost(host *HostInfo) {
-	r.hosts.remove(host.ConnectAddress())
+	r.hosts.remove(host)
 }
 
 func (r *roundRobinHostPolicy) HostUp(host *HostInfo) {
@@ -517,7 +516,7 @@ func (t *tokenAwareHostPolicy) AddHosts(hosts []*HostInfo) {
 
 func (t *tokenAwareHostPolicy) RemoveHost(host *HostInfo) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
-	if t.hosts.remove(host.ConnectAddress()) {
+	if t.hosts.remove(host) {
 		meta := t.getMetadataForUpdate()
 		meta.resetTokenRing(t.partitioner, t.hosts.get(), t.logger)
 		t.updateReplicas(meta, t.getKeyspaceName())
@@ -720,9 +719,9 @@ func (d *dcAwareRR) AddHost(host *HostInfo) {
 
 func (d *dcAwareRR) RemoveHost(host *HostInfo) {
 	if d.IsLocal(host) {
-		d.localHosts.remove(host.ConnectAddress())
+		d.localHosts.remove(host)
 	} else {
-		d.remoteHosts.remove(host.ConnectAddress())
+		d.remoteHosts.remove(host)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -826,7 +825,7 @@ func (d *rackAwareRR) AddHost(host *HostInfo) {
 
 func (d *rackAwareRR) RemoveHost(host *HostInfo) {
 	dist := d.HostTier(host)
-	d.hosts[dist].remove(host.ConnectAddress())
+	d.hosts[dist].remove(host)
 }
 
 func (d *rackAwareRR) HostUp(host *HostInfo)   { d.AddHost(host) }
diff --git a/policies_test.go b/policies_test.go
index e8bda8908..8a94dee55 100644
--- a/policies_test.go
+++ b/policies_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,32 @@ func TestRoundRobbin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRoundRobbinSameConnectAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	policy := RoundRobinHostPolicy()
+
+	hosts := [...]*HostInfo{
+		{hostId: "0", connectAddress: net.IPv4(0, 0, 0, 1), port: 9042},
+		{hostId: "1", connectAddress: net.IPv4(0, 0, 0, 1), port: 9043},
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range hosts {
+		policy.AddHost(host)
+	}
+
+	got := make(map[string]bool)
+	it := policy.Pick(nil)
+	for h := it(); h != nil; h = it() {
+		id := h.Info().hostId
+		if got[id] {
+			t.Fatalf("got duplicate host: %v", id)
+		}
+		got[id] = true
+	}
+	if len(got) != len(hosts) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d hosts got %d", len(hosts), len(got))
+	}
+}
+
 // Tests of the token-aware host selection policy implementation with a
 // round-robin host selection policy fallback.
 func TestHostPolicy_TokenAware_SimpleStrategy(t *testing.T) {