diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 4ec75ba1f132e2b80e0267e0e195bd10a215b918..59fa1381ab66496900acb4321f22c6ec3675db5e 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ if (options && options->hints) {
hints = *options->hints;
} else {
hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
- hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
}
+ hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
char pbuf[7];
snprintf(pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), "%d", port);