diff --git a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
index b6552b271..1af8ae6c7 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ lws_getaddrinfo46(struct lws *wsi, const char *ads, struct addrinfo **result)
 	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 	*result = NULL;
 
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
 #ifdef LWS_WITH_IPV6
 	if (wsi->ipv6) {
 
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ lws_getaddrinfo46(struct lws *wsi, const char *ads, struct addrinfo **result)
 #endif
 	{
 		hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
-		hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 	}
 
 	return getaddrinfo(ads, NULL, &hints, result);