diff --git a/src/core/ngx_connection.c b/src/core/ngx_connection.c
index b687d76b2..d6c0bdadc 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_connection.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_connection.c
@@ -1073,33 +1073,33 @@ ngx_connection_local_sockaddr(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_str_t *s,
     struct sockaddr_in6  *sin6;
 #endif
 
-    if (c->local_socklen == 0) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    addr = 0;
 
-    switch (c->local_sockaddr->sa_family) {
+    if (c->local_socklen) {
+        switch (c->local_sockaddr->sa_family) {
 
 #if (NGX_HAVE_INET6)
-    case AF_INET6:
-        sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) c->local_sockaddr;
+        case AF_INET6:
+            sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) c->local_sockaddr;
 
-        for (addr = 0, i = 0; addr == 0 && i < 16; i++) {
-            addr |= sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr[i];
-        }
+            for (i = 0; addr == 0 && i < 16; i++) {
+                addr |= sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr[i];
+            }
 
-        break;
+            break;
 #endif
 
 #if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
-    case AF_UNIX:
-        addr = 1;
-        break;
+        case AF_UNIX:
+            addr = 1;
+            break;
 #endif
 
-    default: /* AF_INET */
-        sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) c->local_sockaddr;
-        addr = sin->sin_addr.s_addr;
-        break;
+        default: /* AF_INET */
+            sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) c->local_sockaddr;
+            addr = sin->sin_addr.s_addr;
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     if (addr == 0) {