diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 5f7e5b9..318d561 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@
 
 	create_icmp_socket(lsa);
 	G.myid = (uint16_t) getpid();
+	/* we can use native-endian ident, but other Unix ping/traceroute
+	 * utils use *big-endian pid*, and e.g. traceroute on our machine may be
+	 * *not* from busybox, idents may collide. Follow the convention:
+	 */
+	G.myid = htons(G.myid);
 #if ENABLE_PING6
 	if (lsa->u.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
 		ping6(lsa);
@@ -927,6 +932,11 @@
 	G.interval_us = interval * 1000000;
 
 	myid = (uint16_t) getpid();
+	/* we can use native-endian ident, but other Unix ping/traceroute
+	 * utils use *big-endian pid*, and e.g. traceroute on our machine may be
+	 * *not* from busybox, idents may collide. Follow the convention:
+	 */
+	myid = htons(myid);
 	hostname = argv[optind];
 #if ENABLE_PING6
 	{
diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index 8ab4cae..c1eb2d9 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -659,9 +659,11 @@
 
 	if ((option_mask32 & OPT_USE_ICMP)
 	 && type == ICMP_ECHOREPLY
-	 && icp->icmp_id == ident
 	 && icp->icmp_seq == htons(seq)
 	) {
+		if (icp->icmp_id != ident)
+			/* reply to another ping/traceroute from this box? */
+			return 0; /* ignore, silently */
 		/* In UDP mode, when we reach the machine, we (usually)
 		 * would get "port unreachable" - in ICMP we got "echo reply".
 		 * Simulate "port unreachable" for caller:
@@ -726,9 +728,11 @@
 
 	if ((option_mask32 & OPT_USE_ICMP)
 	 && type == ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY
-	 && icp->icmp6_id == ident
 	 && icp->icmp6_seq == htons(seq)
 	) {
+		if (icp->icmp6_id != ident)
+			/* reply to another ping/traceroute from this box? */
+			return 0; /* ignore, silently */
 		/* In UDP mode, when we reach the machine, we (usually)
 		 * would get "port unreachable" - in ICMP we got "echo reply".
 		 * Simulate "port unreachable" for caller:
@@ -988,6 +992,11 @@
 	outip = xzalloc(packlen);
 
 	ident = getpid();
+	/* we can use native-endian ident, but other Unix ping/traceroute
+	 * utils use *big-endian pid*, and e.g. ping on our machine may be
+	 * *not* from busybox, idents may collide. Follow the convention:
+	 */
+	ident = htons(ident);
 
 	outdata = (void*)(outudp + 1);
 	if (af == AF_INET) {