diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index b7e01d0fe082..5da8bb1ff8ea 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -3528,7 +3528,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_accept);
 int kernel_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int addrlen,
 		   int flags)
 {
-	return sock->ops->connect(sock, addr, addrlen, flags);
+	struct sockaddr_storage address;
+
+	memcpy(&address, addr, addrlen);
+
+	return sock->ops->connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&address, addrlen, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_connect);