diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.c b/lib/libwebsockets.c
index d32269ff..3f406c2e 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ libwebsockets_get_addresses(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 	if (!p)
 		return -1;
 
-	inet_ntop(AF_INET, p, rip, rip_len);
+	lws_plat_inet_ntop(AF_INET, p, rip, rip_len);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/lws-plat-unix.c b/lib/lws-plat-unix.c
index 52069cc9..acd11c3b 100644
--- a/lib/lws-plat-unix.c
+++ b/lib/lws-plat-unix.c
@@ -438,10 +438,8 @@ lws_plat_open_file(const char* filename, unsigned long* filelen)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef LWS_USE_IPV6
 LWS_VISIBLE const char *
 lws_plat_inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, char *dst, int cnt)
 {
 	return inet_ntop(af, src, dst, cnt);
 }
-#endif