diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index f71373b865537ba92db45dbf221726649e903396..9734c9bee53887c7de265b2e287be813fd67b7e5 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ get_inaddr(struct sockaddr_in	* addr,
       /* First check for numerical ip-number */
 #if 1
       /* FIXME: How portable is inet_aton? */
-      if (!inet_aton(host, addr))
+      if (!inet_aton(host, &addr->sin_addr))
 #else
 	/* TODO: It is wrong to work with ((unsigned long int) -1)
 	 * directly, as this breaks Linux/Alpha systems. But