diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index 4f2874f..18c381e 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ struct irec {
 };
 
 struct listener {
-  int fd, tcpfd, tftpfd, family, used;
+  int fd, tcpfd, tftpfd, used;
   union mysockaddr addr;
   struct irec *iface; /* only sometimes valid for non-wildcard */
   struct listener *next;
diff --git a/src/forward.c b/src/forward.c
index 428d7e7..9c2b2c6 100644
--- a/src/forward.c
+++ b/src/forward.c
@@ -1284,8 +1284,9 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 		 CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct sockaddr_dl))];
 #endif
   } control_u;
+  int family = listen->addr.sa.sa_family;
    /* Can always get recvd interface for IPv6 */
-  int check_dst = !option_bool(OPT_NOWILD) || listen->family == AF_INET6;
+  int check_dst = !option_bool(OPT_NOWILD) || family == AF_INET6;
 
   /* packet buffer overwritten */
   daemon->srv_save = NULL;
@@ -1297,7 +1298,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
     {
       auth_dns = listen->iface->dns_auth;
      
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	{
 	  dst_addr_4 = dst_addr.addr4 = listen->iface->addr.in.sin_addr;
 	  netmask = listen->iface->netmask;
@@ -1327,9 +1328,9 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
      information disclosure. */
   memset(daemon->packet + n, 0, daemon->edns_pktsz - n);
   
-  source_addr.sa.sa_family = listen->family;
+  source_addr.sa.sa_family = family;
   
-  if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+  if (family == AF_INET)
     {
        /* Source-port == 0 is an error, we can't send back to that. 
 	  http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/msg11441.html */
@@ -1349,7 +1350,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
     {
       struct addrlist *addr;
 
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET6) 
+      if (family == AF_INET6) 
 	{
 	  for (addr = daemon->interface_addrs; addr; addr = addr->next)
 	    if ((addr->flags & ADDRLIST_IPV6) &&
@@ -1387,7 +1388,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	return;
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LINUX_NETWORK)
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	  if (cmptr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IP && cmptr->cmsg_type == IP_PKTINFO)
 	    {
@@ -1400,7 +1401,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	      if_index = p.p->ipi_ifindex;
 	    }
 #elif defined(IP_RECVDSTADDR) && defined(IP_RECVIF)
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	{
 	  for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	    {
@@ -1425,7 +1426,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	}
 #endif
       
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET6)
+      if (family == AF_INET6)
 	{
 	  for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	    if (cmptr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IPV6 && cmptr->cmsg_type == daemon->v6pktinfo)
@@ -1446,16 +1447,16 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
       if (!indextoname(listen->fd, if_index, ifr.ifr_name))
 	return;
       
-      if (!iface_check(listen->family, &dst_addr, ifr.ifr_name, &auth_dns))
+      if (!iface_check(family, &dst_addr, ifr.ifr_name, &auth_dns))
 	{
 	   if (!option_bool(OPT_CLEVERBIND))
 	     enumerate_interfaces(0); 
-	   if (!loopback_exception(listen->fd, listen->family, &dst_addr, ifr.ifr_name) &&
-	       !label_exception(if_index, listen->family, &dst_addr))
+	   if (!loopback_exception(listen->fd, family, &dst_addr, ifr.ifr_name) &&
+	       !label_exception(if_index, family, &dst_addr))
 	     return;
 	}
 
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET && option_bool(OPT_LOCALISE))
+      if (family == AF_INET && option_bool(OPT_LOCALISE))
 	{
 	  struct irec *iface;
 	  
@@ -1500,7 +1501,7 @@ void receive_query(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 #endif
       char *types = querystr(auth_dns ? "auth" : "query", type);
       
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET) 
+      if (family == AF_INET) 
 	log_query(F_QUERY | F_IPV4 | F_FORWARD, daemon->namebuff, 
 		  (union all_addr *)&source_addr.in.sin_addr, types);
       else
diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 7fe6e37..82201e3 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static struct listener *create_listeners(union mysockaddr *addr, int do_tftp, in
     {
       l = safe_malloc(sizeof(struct listener));
       l->next = NULL;
-      l->family = addr->sa.sa_family;
       l->fd = fd;
       l->tcpfd = tcpfd;
       l->tftpfd = tftpfd;
diff --git a/src/tftp.c b/src/tftp.c
index 3ed2ed6..aa240e5 100644
--- a/src/tftp.c
+++ b/src/tftp.c
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
   char *prefix = daemon->tftp_prefix;
   struct tftp_prefix *pref;
   union all_addr addra;
+  int family = listen->addr.sa.sa_family;
   /* Can always get recvd interface for IPv6 */
-  int check_dest = !option_bool(OPT_NOWILD) || listen->family == AF_INET6;
+  int check_dest = !option_bool(OPT_NOWILD) || family == AF_INET6;
   union {
     struct cmsghdr align; /* this ensures alignment */
     char control6[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct in6_pktinfo))];
@@ -121,10 +122,10 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
       if (msg.msg_controllen < sizeof(struct cmsghdr))
         return;
       
-      addr.sa.sa_family = listen->family;
+      addr.sa.sa_family = family;
       
 #if defined(HAVE_LINUX_NETWORK)
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	  if (cmptr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IP && cmptr->cmsg_type == IP_PKTINFO)
 	    {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	    }
       
 #elif defined(HAVE_SOLARIS_NETWORK)
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	  {
 	    union {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	  }
       
 #elif defined(IP_RECVDSTADDR) && defined(IP_RECVIF)
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+      if (family == AF_INET)
 	for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
 	  {
 	    union {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	  
 #endif
 
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET6)
+      if (family == AF_INET6)
         {
           for (cmptr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmptr; cmptr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmptr))
             if (cmptr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IPV6 && cmptr->cmsg_type == daemon->v6pktinfo)
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
       
       addra.addr4 = addr.in.sin_addr;
 
-      if (listen->family == AF_INET6)
+      if (family == AF_INET6)
 	addra.addr6 = addr.in6.sin6_addr;
 
       if (daemon->tftp_interfaces)
@@ -210,12 +211,12 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
       else
 	{
 	  /* Do the same as DHCP */
-	  if (!iface_check(listen->family, &addra, name, NULL))
+	  if (!iface_check(family, &addra, name, NULL))
 	    {
 	      if (!option_bool(OPT_CLEVERBIND))
 		enumerate_interfaces(0); 
-	      if (!loopback_exception(listen->tftpfd, listen->family, &addra, name) &&
-		  !label_exception(if_index, listen->family, &addra))
+	      if (!loopback_exception(listen->tftpfd, family, &addra, name) &&
+		  !label_exception(if_index, family, &addra))
 		return;
 	    }
 	  
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	  prefix = pref->prefix;  
     }
 
-  if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+  if (family == AF_INET)
     {
       addr.in.sin_port = htons(port);
 #ifdef HAVE_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
   
   if (option_bool(OPT_SINGLE_PORT))
     transfer->sockfd = listen->tftpfd;
-  else if ((transfer->sockfd = socket(listen->family, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == -1)
+  else if ((transfer->sockfd = socket(family, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == -1)
     {
       free(transfer);
       return;
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	    {
 	      if (++port <= daemon->end_tftp_port)
 		{ 
-		  if (listen->family == AF_INET)
+		  if (family == AF_INET)
 		    addr.in.sin_port = htons(port);
 		  else
 		    addr.in6.sin6_port = htons(port);
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 	      if ((opt = next(&p, end)) && !option_bool(OPT_TFTP_NOBLOCK))
 		{
 		  /* 32 bytes for IP, UDP and TFTP headers, 52 bytes for IPv6 */
-		  int overhead = (listen->family == AF_INET) ? 32 : 52;
+		  int overhead = (family == AF_INET) ? 32 : 52;
 		  transfer->blocksize = atoi(opt);
 		  if (transfer->blocksize < 1)
 		    transfer->blocksize = 1;