diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 668842cf..1ae33fff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ver. 0.10.5-dev-1 (20??/??/??) - development edition
 * fixed read of included config-files (`.local` overwrites options of `.conf` for config-files 
   included with before/after)
 * `action.d/abuseipdb.conf`: switched to use AbuseIPDB API v2 (gh-2302)
+* `action.d/badips.py`: fixed start of banaction on demand (which may be IP-family related), gh-2390
 * `action.d/helpers-common.conf`: rewritten grep arguments, now options `-wF` used to match only
   whole words and fixed string (not as pattern), gh-2298
 * `filter.d/sshd.conf`:
diff --git a/config/action.d/badips.py b/config/action.d/badips.py
index e5de7555..a5fa1809 100644
--- a/config/action.d/badips.py
+++ b/config/action.d/badips.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ else: # pragma: 3.x no cover
 	from urllib2 import Request, urlopen, HTTPError
 	from urllib import urlencode
 
-from fail2ban.server.actions import ActionBase
+from fail2ban.server.actions import Actions, ActionBase, BanTicket
 from fail2ban.helpers import splitwords, str2LogLevel
 
 
@@ -286,13 +286,8 @@ class BadIPsAction(ActionBase): # pragma: no cover - may be unavailable
 	def _banIPs(self, ips):
 		for ip in ips:
 			try:
-				self._jail.actions[self.banaction].ban({
-					'ip': ip,
-					'failures': 0,
-					'matches': "",
-					'ipmatches': "",
-					'ipjailmatches': "",
-				})
+				ai = Actions.ActionInfo(BanTicket(ip), self._jail)
+				self._jail.actions[self.banaction].ban(ai)
 			except Exception as e:
 				self._logSys.error(
 					"Error banning IP %s for jail '%s' with action '%s': %s",
@@ -307,13 +302,8 @@ class BadIPsAction(ActionBase): # pragma: no cover - may be unavailable
 	def _unbanIPs(self, ips):
 		for ip in ips:
 			try:
-				self._jail.actions[self.banaction].unban({
-					'ip': ip,
-					'failures': 0,
-					'matches': "",
-					'ipmatches': "",
-					'ipjailmatches': "",
-				})
+				ai = Actions.ActionInfo(BanTicket(ip), self._jail)
+				self._jail.actions[self.banaction].unban(ai)
 			except Exception as e:
 				self._logSys.error(
 					"Error unbanning IP %s for jail '%s' with action '%s': %s",