diff --git a/chardev/char-socket.c b/chardev/char-socket.c
index 95e45812d5..1ee5a8c295 100644
--- a/chardev/char-socket.c
+++ b/chardev/char-socket.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,9 @@ static void qemu_chr_parse_socket(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend,
         addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_UNIX;
         q_unix = addr->u.q_unix.data = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
         q_unix->path = g_strdup(path);
+        q_unix->has_tight = true;
         q_unix->tight = tight;
+        q_unix->has_abstract = true;
         q_unix->abstract = abstract;
     } else if (host) {
         addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_LEGACY_KIND_INET;
diff --git a/tests/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
index f8b6586e70..7ecf95579b 100644
--- a/tests/test-util-sockets.c
+++ b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ static void test_socket_unix_abstract(void)
     abstract_socket_matrix_row matrix[ABSTRACT_SOCKET_VARIANTS] = {
         { &addr,
           { &addr_tight, &addr_padded, &addr },
-          { false /* BUG */, true /* BUG */, true } },
+          { true, false, true } },
         { &addr_tight,
           { &addr_padded, &addr, &addr_tight },
-          { false, false /* BUG */, true } },
+          { false, true, true } },
         { &addr_padded,
           { &addr, &addr_tight, &addr_padded },
-          { true /* BUG */, false, true } }
+          { false, false, true } }
     };
     int i;
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 38f82179b0..3ceaa81226 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
     if (saddr->abstract) {
         un.sun_path[0] = '\0';
         memcpy(&un.sun_path[1], path, pathlen);
-        if (saddr->tight) {
+        if (!saddr->has_tight || saddr->tight) {
             addrlen = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1 + pathlen;
         }
     } else {
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ static int unix_connect_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr, Error **errp)
     if (saddr->abstract) {
         un.sun_path[0] = '\0';
         memcpy(&un.sun_path[1], saddr->path, pathlen);
-        if (saddr->tight) {
+        if (!saddr->has_tight || saddr->tight) {
             addrlen = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1 + pathlen;
         }
     } else {