diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 0a9b6cde5b..34b9429de3 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -1839,13 +1839,9 @@ static int nbd_process_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
             goto error;
         }
 
-        /* TODO SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_FD where fd has AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
-        if (s->saddr->type != SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET) {
-            error_setg(errp, "TLS only supported over IP sockets");
-            goto error;
-        }
         s->tlshostname = g_strdup(qemu_opt_get(opts, "tls-hostname"));
-        if (!s->tlshostname) {
+        if (!s->tlshostname &&
+            s->saddr->type == SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET) {
             s->tlshostname = g_strdup(s->saddr->u.inet.host);
         }
     }
diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index bdfa7ed3a5..9840d25a82 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
         if (!nbd_server->tlscreds) {
             goto error;
         }
-
-        /* TODO SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD where fd has AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
-        if (addr->type != SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET) {
-            error_setg(errp, "TLS is only supported with IPv4/IPv6");
-            goto error;
-        }
     }
 
     nbd_server->tlsauthz = g_strdup(tls_authz);
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 18d281aba3..713e7557a9 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -808,7 +808,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     socket_activation = check_socket_activation();
     if (socket_activation == 0) {
-        setup_address_and_port(&bindto, &port);
+        if (!sockpath) {
+            setup_address_and_port(&bindto, &port);
+        }
     } else {
         /* Using socket activation - check user didn't use -p etc. */
         const char *err_msg = socket_activation_validate_opts(device, sockpath,
@@ -829,10 +831,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (tlscredsid) {
-        if (sockpath) {
-            error_report("TLS is only supported with IPv4/IPv6");
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
         if (device) {
             error_report("TLS is not supported with a host device");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);