diff --git a/fail2ban/server/actions.py b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
index 01c2a761..962ecd2b 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/actions.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Actions(JailThread, Mapping):
 	def calcBanTime(self, banTime, banCount):
 		return self._banExtra['evformula'](self.BanTimeIncr(banTime, banCount))
 
-	def incrBanTime(self, bTicket, ip):
+	def incrBanTime(self, bTicket):
 		"""Check for IP address to increment ban time (if was already banned).
 
 		Returns
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ class Actions(JailThread, Mapping):
 		float
 			new ban time.
 		"""
+		ip = bTicket.getIP()
 		orgBanTime = self.__banManager.getBanTime()
 		banTime = orgBanTime
 		# check ip was already banned (increment time of ban):
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ class Actions(JailThread, Mapping):
 				try:
 					# if ban time was not set:
 					if not ticket.getRestored() and bTicket.getBanTime() is None:
-						btime = self.incrBanTime(bTicket, ip)
+						btime = self.incrBanTime(bTicket)
 					bTicket.setBanTime(btime);
 				except Exception as e:
 					logSys.error('%s', e, exc_info=logSys.getEffectiveLevel()<=logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/database.py b/fail2ban/server/database.py
index de575bcf..b75501cc 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/database.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/database.py
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ class Fail2BanDb(object):
 		cur = self._db.cursor()
 		return cur.execute(query, queryArgs)
 
-	def _getCurrentBans(self, jail = None, ip = None, forbantime=None):
+	def _getCurrentBans(self, jail = None, ip = None, forbantime=None, fromtime=None):
+		if fromtime is None:
+			fromtime = MyTime.time()
 		#query = "SELECT count(ip), max(timeofban) FROM bans WHERE ip = ?"
 		query = "SELECT ip, max(timeofban), bantime, bancount, data FROM bans WHERE 1"
 		queryArgs = []
@@ -516,17 +518,17 @@ class Fail2BanDb(object):
 			query += " AND ip=?"
 			queryArgs.append(ip)
 		query += " AND timeofban + bantime > ?"
-		queryArgs.append(MyTime.time())
+		queryArgs.append(fromtime)
 		if forbantime is not None:
 			query += " AND timeofban > ?"
-			queryArgs.append(MyTime.time() - forbantime)
+			queryArgs.append(fromtime - forbantime)
 		query += " GROUP BY ip ORDER BY ip, timeofban DESC"
 		cur = self._db.cursor()
 		#logSys.debug((query, queryArgs));
 		return cur.execute(query, queryArgs)
 
-	def getCurrentBans(self, jail = None, ip = None, forbantime=None):
-		if forbantime is None:
+	def getCurrentBans(self, jail = None, ip = None, forbantime=None, fromtime=None):
+		if forbantime is None and jail is not None:
 			cacheKey = (ip, jail)
 			if cacheKey in self._bansMergedCache:
 				return self._bansMergedCache[cacheKey]
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ class Fail2BanDb(object):
 		tickets = []
 		ticket = None
 
-		results = list(self._getCurrentBans(jail=jail, ip=ip, forbantime=forbantime))
+		results = list(self._getCurrentBans(jail=jail, ip=ip, forbantime=forbantime, fromtime=fromtime))
 
 		if results:
 			matches = []
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ class Fail2BanDb(object):
 				ticket.setAttempt(failures)
 				tickets.append(ticket)
 
-		if forbantime is None:
+		if forbantime is None and jail is not None:
 			self._bansMergedCache[cacheKey] = tickets if ip is None else ticket
 		return tickets if ip is None else ticket
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/databasetestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/databasetestcase.py
index 84101c50..baea6eeb 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/databasetestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/databasetestcase.py
@@ -278,3 +278,131 @@ class DatabaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.db.purge() # Should leave jail as ban present
 		self.assertEqual(len(self.db.getJailNames()), 1)
 		self.assertEqual(len(self.db.getBans(jail=self.jail)), 1)
+
+
+# Author: Serg G. Brester (sebres)
+# 
+
+__author__ = "Serg Brester"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2014 Serg G. Brester"
+
+class BanTimeIncr(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def setUp(self):
+		"""Call before every test case."""
+		if Fail2BanDb is None and sys.version_info >= (2,7): # pragma: no cover
+			raise unittest.SkipTest(
+				"Unable to import fail2ban database module as sqlite is not "
+				"available.")
+		elif Fail2BanDb is None:
+			return
+		_, self.dbFilename = tempfile.mkstemp(".db", "fail2ban_")
+		self.db = Fail2BanDb(self.dbFilename)
+
+	def tearDown(self):
+		"""Call after every test case."""
+		if Fail2BanDb is None: # pragma: no cover
+			return
+		# Cleanup
+		os.remove(self.dbFilename)
+
+	def testBanTimeIncr(self):
+		if Fail2BanDb is None: # pragma: no cover
+			return
+		jail = DummyJail()
+		jail.database = self.db
+		self.db.addJail(jail)
+		a = jail.actions
+		# we tests with initial ban time = 10 seconds:
+		a.setBanTime(10)
+		a.setBanTimeExtra('enabled', 'true')
+		a.setBanTimeExtra('multipliers', '1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048')
+		ip = "127.0.0.2"
+		# used as start and fromtime (like now but time independence, cause test case can run slow):
+		stime = int(MyTime.time())
+		ticket = FailTicket(ip, stime, [])
+		# test ticket not yet found
+		self.assertEqual(
+		  [a.incrBanTime(ticket) for i in xrange(3)], 
+		  [10, 10, 10]
+		)
+		# add a ticket banned
+		self.db.addBan(jail, ticket)
+		# get a ticket already banned in this jail:
+		self.assertEqual(
+			[(banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime) for banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime in self.db.getBan(ip, jail, None, False)],
+			[(1, stime, 10)]
+		)
+		# incr time and ban a ticket again :
+		ticket.setTime(stime + 15)
+		self.assertEqual(a.incrBanTime(ticket), 20)
+		self.db.addBan(jail, ticket)
+		# get a ticket already banned in this jail:
+		self.assertEqual(
+			[(banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime) for banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime in self.db.getBan(ip, jail, None, False)],
+			[(2, stime + 15, 20)]
+		)
+		# get a ticket already banned in all jails:
+		self.assertEqual(
+			[(banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime) for banCount, timeOfBan, lastBanTime in self.db.getBan(ip, '', None, True)],
+			[(2, stime + 15, 20)]
+		)
+    # search currently banned and 1 day later (nothing should be found):
+		self.assertEqual(
+			self.db.getCurrentBans(forbantime=-24*60*60, fromtime=stime),
+			[]
+		)
+		# search currently banned anywhere:
+		restored_tickets = self.db.getCurrentBans(fromtime=stime)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			str(restored_tickets),
+			('[FailTicket: ip=%s time=%s bantime=20 bancount=2 #attempts=0 matches=[]]' % (ip, stime + 15))
+		)
+		# search currently banned:
+		restored_tickets = self.db.getCurrentBans(jail=jail, fromtime=stime)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			str(restored_tickets), 
+			('[FailTicket: ip=%s time=%s bantime=20 bancount=2 #attempts=0 matches=[]]' % (ip, stime + 15))
+		)
+		restored_tickets[0].setRestored(True)
+		self.assertTrue(restored_tickets[0].getRestored())
+		# increase ban multiple times:
+		for i in xrange(10):
+			ticket.setTime(stime + lastBanTime + 5)
+			banTime = a.incrBanTime(ticket)
+			self.assertEqual(banTime, lastBanTime * 2)
+			self.db.addBan(jail, ticket)
+			lastBanTime = banTime
+		# increase again, but the last multiplier reached (time not increased):
+		ticket.setTime(stime + lastBanTime + 5)
+		banTime = a.incrBanTime(ticket)
+		self.assertNotEqual(banTime, lastBanTime * 2)
+		self.assertEqual(banTime, lastBanTime)
+		self.db.addBan(jail, ticket)
+		lastBanTime = banTime
+		# add two tickets from yesterday: one unbanned (bantime already out-dated):
+		ticket2 = FailTicket(ip+'2', stime-24*60*60, [])
+		ticket2.setBanTime(12*60*60)
+		self.db.addBan(jail, ticket2)
+		# and one from yesterday also, but still currently banned :
+		ticket2 = FailTicket(ip+'1', stime-24*60*60, [])
+		ticket2.setBanTime(36*60*60)
+		self.db.addBan(jail, ticket2)
+		# search currently banned:
+		restored_tickets = self.db.getCurrentBans(fromtime=stime)
+		self.assertEqual(len(restored_tickets), 2)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			str(restored_tickets[0]),
+			'FailTicket: ip=%s time=%s bantime=%s bancount=13 #attempts=0 matches=[]' % (ip, stime + lastBanTime + 5, lastBanTime)
+		)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			str(restored_tickets[1]),
+			'FailTicket: ip=%s time=%s bantime=%s bancount=1 #attempts=0 matches=[]' % (ip+'1', stime-24*60*60, 36*60*60)
+		)
+		# search out-dated (give another fromtime now is -18 hours):
+		restored_tickets = self.db.getCurrentBans(fromtime=stime-18*60*60)
+		self.assertEqual(len(restored_tickets), 3)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			str(restored_tickets[2]),
+			'FailTicket: ip=%s time=%s bantime=%s bancount=1 #attempts=0 matches=[]' % (ip+'2', stime-24*60*60, 12*60*60)
+		)
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/utils.py b/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
index bfd11074..8c45a1b6 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def gatherTests(regexps=None, no_network=False):
 	tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(misctestcase.CustomDateFormatsTest))
 	# Database
 	tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(databasetestcase.DatabaseTest))
+	tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(databasetestcase.BanTimeIncr))
 
 	# Filter
 	tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(filtertestcase.IgnoreIP))