diff --git a/libknet/links.c b/libknet/links.c
index d9c932f3..b254c9e3 100644
--- a/libknet/links.c
+++ b/libknet/links.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ int knet_link_set_config(knet_handle_t knet_h, knet_node_id_t host_id, uint8_t l
 		goto exit_unlock;
 	}
 
-	memmove(&link->src_addr, src_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
+	copy_sockaddr(&link->src_addr, src_addr);
 
 	err = knet_addrtostr(src_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage),
 			     link->status.src_ipaddr, KNET_MAX_HOST_LEN,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int knet_link_set_config(knet_handle_t knet_h, knet_node_id_t host_id, uint8_t l
 
 		link->dynamic = KNET_LINK_STATIC;
 
-		memmove(&link->dst_addr, dst_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
+		copy_sockaddr(&link->dst_addr, dst_addr);
 		err = knet_addrtostr(dst_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage),
 				     link->status.dst_ipaddr, KNET_MAX_HOST_LEN,
 				     link->status.dst_port, KNET_MAX_PORT_LEN);
diff --git a/libknet/links_acl_ip.c b/libknet/links_acl_ip.c
index 68050bfc..ea1755f2 100644
--- a/libknet/links_acl_ip.c
+++ b/libknet/links_acl_ip.c
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ int ipcheck_addip(void *fd_tracker_match_entry_head, int index,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	memmove(&new_match_entry->addr1, ss1, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-	memmove(&new_match_entry->addr2, ss2, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
+	copy_sockaddr(&new_match_entry->addr1, ss1);
+	copy_sockaddr(&new_match_entry->addr2, ss2);
 	new_match_entry->type = type;
 	new_match_entry->acceptreject = acceptreject;
 	new_match_entry->next = NULL;
diff --git a/libknet/netutils.c b/libknet/netutils.c
index 7e19104c..03f01650 100644
--- a/libknet/netutils.c
+++ b/libknet/netutils.c
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ socklen_t sockaddr_len(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Only copy the valid parts of a sockaddr* */
+void copy_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *sout, const struct sockaddr_storage *sin)
+{
+	memset(sout, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
+	memmove(sout, sin, sockaddr_len(sin));
+}
+
 /*
  * exported APIs
  */
diff --git a/libknet/netutils.h b/libknet/netutils.h
index 0c0c6e34..b9e5f4b7 100644
--- a/libknet/netutils.h
+++ b/libknet/netutils.h
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@
 
 int cmpaddr(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss1, const struct sockaddr_storage *ss2);
 
+void copy_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *sout, const struct sockaddr_storage *sin);
+
 socklen_t sockaddr_len(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss);
 #endif