1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 98891f02..e45fdf60 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ add_target(char *arg)
 
         switch (address_family) {
         case -1:
-                // -4 and -6 are not specified on cmdline
+                /* -4 and -6 are not specified on cmdline */
                 address_family = AF_INET;
                 sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
                 result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
@@ -1347,6 +1347,10 @@ add_target(char *arg)
                         result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
                 }
 #endif
+                /* If we don't find any valid addresses, we still don't know the address_family */
+                if ( result != 1) {
+                        address_family = -1;
+                }
                 break;
         case AF_INET:
                 sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
@@ -1367,7 +1371,11 @@ add_target(char *arg)
         else {
                 errno = 0;
                 memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-                hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+                if (address_family == -1) {
+                        hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+                } else {
+                        hints.ai_family = address_family == AF_INET ? PF_INET : PF_INET6;
+                }
                 hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
                 if((error = getaddrinfo(arg, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
                         errno = 0;