diff --git a/internal/sub/forwarded_trust_test.go b/internal/sub/forwarded_trust_test.go
index a0eb1d1c5..954f2e776 100644
--- a/internal/sub/forwarded_trust_test.go
+++ b/internal/sub/forwarded_trust_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,29 @@ func TestResolveRequest_GatesRealIPFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// nginx often sets X-Real-IP without X-Forwarded-Host; a trusted proxy's X-Real-IP
+// used to put the subscriber's public IP into subscription "server" fields (#6589).
+func TestResolveRequest_IgnoresRealIPEvenWhenTrusted(t *testing.T) {
+	initSubDB(t)
+	// Empty / shipped-default CIDRs → forwardedHeadersTrusted returns true.
+	s := &SubService{}
+
+	c := requestFrom(t, "10.1.2.3:44000", map[string]string{
+		"X-Real-IP": "198.51.100.7",
+	})
+	_, host, hostWithPort, hostHeader := s.ResolveRequest(c)
+
+	if host != "panel.example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("host = %q, want request host (not X-Real-IP)", host)
+	}
+	if hostWithPort != "panel.example.com:2096" {
+		t.Errorf("hostWithPort = %q, want request Host", hostWithPort)
+	}
+	if hostHeader != "panel.example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("hostHeader = %q, want request host (not X-Real-IP)", hostHeader)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHasForwardedHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
diff --git a/internal/sub/service.go b/internal/sub/service.go
index e18274fa6..3e14efdac 100644
--- a/internal/sub/service.go
+++ b/internal/sub/service.go
@@ -2992,8 +2992,8 @@ type PageData struct {
 	Emails        []string
 }
 
-// ResolveRequest extracts scheme and host info from request/headers consistently.
 // ResolveRequest extracts scheme, host, and header information from an HTTP request.
+// X-Real-IP names the visitor, never the panel, so it is no host source (#6589).
 func (s *SubService) ResolveRequest(c *gin.Context) (scheme string, host string, hostWithPort string, hostHeader string) {
 	trusted := s.forwardedHeadersTrusted(c)
 	if !trusted {
@@ -3012,13 +3012,10 @@ func (s *SubService) ResolveRequest(c *gin.Context) (scheme string, host string,
 		scheme = "https"
 	}
 
-	// base host (no port)
+	// base host (no port): trusted X-Forwarded-Host, then the dialed request Host.
 	if h, err := getHostFromXFH(forwarded("X-Forwarded-Host")); err == nil && h != "" {
 		host = h
 	}
-	if host == "" {
-		host = forwarded("X-Real-IP")
-	}
 	if host == "" {
 		var err error
 		host, _, err = net.SplitHostPort(c.Request.Host)
@@ -3038,9 +3035,6 @@ func (s *SubService) ResolveRequest(c *gin.Context) (scheme string, host string,
 
 	// header display host
 	hostHeader = forwarded("X-Forwarded-Host")
-	if hostHeader == "" {
-		hostHeader = forwarded("X-Real-IP")
-	}
 	if hostHeader == "" {
 		hostHeader = host
 	}
diff --git a/internal/web/controller/inbound.go b/internal/web/controller/inbound.go
index 313aa391c..ca4879dc1 100644
--- a/internal/web/controller/inbound.go
+++ b/internal/web/controller/inbound.go
@@ -442,11 +442,8 @@ func (a *InboundController) importInbound(c *gin.Context) {
 	notifyClientsChanged()
 }
 
-// resolveHost mirrors what sub.SubService.ResolveRequest does for the host
-// field: prefers X-Forwarded-Host (first entry of any list, port stripped),
-// then X-Real-IP, then the host portion of c.Request.Host. Keeping it in the
-// controller layer means the service interface stays HTTP-agnostic — service
-// methods receive a plain host string instead of a *gin.Context.
+// resolveHost mirrors SubService.ResolveRequest's host: trusted X-Forwarded-Host,
+// else the dialed request Host. X-Real-IP names the visitor, not the panel (#6589).
 func resolveHost(c *gin.Context) string {
 	if isTrustedForwardedRequest(c) {
 		if h := strings.TrimSpace(c.GetHeader("X-Forwarded-Host")); h != "" {
@@ -458,9 +455,6 @@ func resolveHost(c *gin.Context) string {
 			}
 			return h
 		}
-		if h := c.GetHeader("X-Real-IP"); h != "" {
-			return h
-		}
 	}
 	if h, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(c.Request.Host); err == nil {
 		return h
diff --git a/internal/web/controller/util_test.go b/internal/web/controller/util_test.go
index a8347f9fa..048faa7b3 100644
--- a/internal/web/controller/util_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/controller/util_test.go
@@ -32,3 +32,30 @@ func TestGetRemoteIpHonorsForwardedHeadersFromTrustedLoopbackProxy(t *testing.T)
 		t.Fatalf("remote IP = %q, want forwarded client IP", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResolveHostPrefersForwardedHostOverRealIP(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	c.Request.Host = "panel.example.com:2053"
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.1:12345"
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "sub.example.net:443")
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Real-IP", "198.51.100.7")
+
+	if got := resolveHost(c); got != "sub.example.net" {
+		t.Fatalf("resolveHost = %q, want X-Forwarded-Host", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveHostIgnoresRealIPFromTrustedProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	c.Request.Host = "panel.example.com:2053"
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.1:12345"
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Real-IP", "198.51.100.7")
+
+	if got := resolveHost(c); got != "panel.example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("resolveHost = %q, want request host (not X-Real-IP)", got)
+	}
+}