diff --git a/user/profile.php b/user/profile.php
index d8f9b879ccb..b3947d468f8 100644
--- a/user/profile.php
+++ b/user/profile.php
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ if (!isset($hiddenfields['lastaccess'])) {
 if (has_capability('moodle/user:viewlastip', $usercontext) && !isset($hiddenfields['lastip'])) {
     if ($user->lastip) {
         $iplookupurl = new moodle_url('/iplookup/index.php', array('ip' => $user->lastip, 'user' => $USER->id));
-        $ipstring = html_writer($iplookupurl, $user->lastip);
+        $ipstring = html_writer::link($iplookupurl, $user->lastip);
     } else {
         $ipstring = get_string("none");
     }
diff --git a/user/view.php b/user/view.php
index 91440769cec..cd118ac284f 100644
--- a/user/view.php
+++ b/user/view.php
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ if (!isset($hiddenfields['suspended'])) {
 if (has_capability('moodle/user:viewlastip', $usercontext) && !isset($hiddenfields['lastip'])) {
     if ($user->lastip) {
         $iplookupurl = new moodle_url('/iplookup/index.php', array('ip' => $user->lastip, 'user' => $USER->id));
-        $ipstring = html_writer($iplookupurl, $user->lastip);
+        $ipstring = html_writer::link($iplookupurl, $user->lastip);
     } else {
         $ipstring = get_string("none");
     }