diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 6cdf53c489b7..e9866fc93df1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args)
 	 */
 	if (args->servername == NULL) {
 		struct sockaddr_in *addr =
-					(struct sockaddr_in *) &args->address;
+					(struct sockaddr_in *) args->address;
 		snprintf(servername, sizeof(servername), NIPQUAD_FMT,
 			NIPQUAD(addr->sin_addr.s_addr));
 		args->servername = servername;