diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 1ca2ae46f24..7106f0871f9 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ check_ip(SockAddr *raddr, struct sockaddr * addr, struct sockaddr * mask)
 		struct sockaddr_storage addrcopy,
 					maskcopy;
 
-		memcpy(&addrcopy, &addr, sizeof(addrcopy));
-		memcpy(&maskcopy, &mask, sizeof(maskcopy));
+		memcpy(&addrcopy, addr, sizeof(addrcopy));
+		memcpy(&maskcopy, mask, sizeof(maskcopy));
 		pg_promote_v4_to_v6_addr(&addrcopy);
 		pg_promote_v4_to_v6_mask(&maskcopy);