1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 749e2d44..1a2a1772 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -1362,13 +1362,14 @@ add_target(char *arg)
         else {
                 errno = 0;
                 memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-                hints.ai_family = address_family == AF_INET ? PF_INET : PF_INET6;
+                hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
                 hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
                 if((error = getaddrinfo(arg, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
                         errno = 0;
                         crash("Failed to resolve %s: %s", arg, gai_strerror(error));
                         return -1;
                 }
+                address_family = res->ai_family;
         }
 
         /* possibly add all the IP's as targets */