diff --git a/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/handle_call_message.rs b/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/handle_call_message.rs
index f286ce55..2f732365 100644
--- a/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/handle_call_message.rs
+++ b/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/handle_call_message.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl<'a> CwCallService<'a> {
             return Err(ContractError::ProtocolsMismatch);
         }
 
-        let to = request.to();
+        let to = deps.api.addr_validate(request.to().as_str())?;
 
         if request.protocols().len() > 1 {
             let key = keccak256(data).to_vec();
diff --git a/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/send_call_message.rs b/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/send_call_message.rs
index 98a567d3..8f2a56c8 100644
--- a/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/send_call_message.rs
+++ b/contracts/cosmwasm-vm/cw-xcall/src/send_call_message.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl<'a> CwCallService<'a> {
 
         let call_request = CallServiceMessageRequest::new(
             from,
-            to.account(),
+            deps.api.addr_validate(to.account().as_str())?,
             sequence_no,
             need_response,
             data.to_vec(),