diff --git a/storage/sphinx/ha_sphinx.cc b/storage/sphinx/ha_sphinx.cc
index 65ad286f5d9..67bf0744c78 100644
--- a/storage/sphinx/ha_sphinx.cc
+++ b/storage/sphinx/ha_sphinx.cc
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ int ha_sphinx::Connect ( const char * sHost, ushort uPort )
 #if MYSQL_VERSION_ID>=50515
 			struct addrinfo *hp = NULL;
 			tmp_errno = getaddrinfo ( sHost, NULL, NULL, &hp );
-			if ( !tmp_errno || !hp || !hp->ai_addr )
+			if ( tmp_errno || !hp || !hp->ai_addr )
 			{
 				bError = true;
 				if ( hp )
@@ -2189,8 +2189,9 @@ int ha_sphinx::Connect ( const char * sHost, ushort uPort )
 			}
 
 #if MYSQL_VERSION_ID>=50515
-			memcpy ( &sin.sin_addr, hp->ai_addr, Min ( sizeof(sin.sin_addr), (size_t)hp->ai_addrlen ) );
-			freeaddrinfo ( hp );
+			struct sockaddr_in *in = (sockaddr_in *)hp->ai_addr;
+			memcpy ( &sin.sin_addr, &in->sin_addr, Min ( sizeof(sin.sin_addr), sizeof(in->sin_addr) ) );
+ 			freeaddrinfo ( hp );
 #else
 			memcpy ( &sin.sin_addr, hp->h_addr, Min ( sizeof(sin.sin_addr), (size_t)hp->h_length ) );
 			my_gethostbyname_r_free();