diff --git a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
index 41d30b03a0..e8393d679e 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for SocketAddressLengthNotDynamic {
 impl std::error::Error for SocketAddressLengthNotDynamic {}
 
 impl private::SockaddrLikePriv for () {
-    fn as_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut libc::sockaddr {
+    fn as_mut_ptr(_: &mut std::mem::MaybeUninit<Self>) -> *mut libc::sockaddr {
         ptr::null_mut()
     }
 }
@@ -1451,16 +1451,13 @@ impl PartialEq for SockaddrStorage {
 
 pub(super) mod private {
     pub trait SockaddrLikePriv {
-        /// Returns a mutable raw pointer to the inner structure.
-        ///
-        /// # Safety
-        ///
-        /// This method is technically safe, but modifying the inner structure's
-        /// `family` or `len` fields may result in violating Nix's invariants.
-        /// It is best to use this method only with foreign functions that do
-        /// not change the sockaddr type.
-        fn as_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut libc::sockaddr {
-            self as *mut Self as *mut libc::sockaddr
+        fn as_mut_ptr(
+            s: &mut std::mem::MaybeUninit<Self>,
+        ) -> *mut libc::sockaddr
+        where
+            Self: Sized,
+        {
+            s.as_mut_ptr().cast()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index a145444fa2..594bf60d9d 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -1627,12 +1627,12 @@ impl<S> MultiHeaders<S> {
         let items = addresses
             .iter_mut()
             .enumerate()
-            .map(|(ix, address)| {
+            .map(|(ix, mut address)| {
                 let (ptr, cap) = match &mut cmsg_buffers {
                     Some(v) => ((&mut v[ix * msg_controllen] as *mut u8), msg_controllen),
                     None => (std::ptr::null_mut(), 0),
                 };
-                let msg_hdr = unsafe { pack_mhdr_to_receive(std::ptr::null_mut(), 0, ptr, cap, address.as_mut_ptr()) };
+                let msg_hdr = unsafe { pack_mhdr_to_receive(std::ptr::null_mut(), 0, ptr, cap, &mut address) };
                 libc::mmsghdr {
                     msg_hdr,
                     msg_len: 0,
@@ -1962,17 +1962,25 @@ unsafe fn pack_mhdr_to_receive<S>(
     iov_buffer_len: usize,
     cmsg_buffer: *mut u8,
     cmsg_capacity: usize,
-    address: *mut S,
+    address: &mut mem::MaybeUninit<S>,
 ) -> msghdr
     where
         S: SockaddrLike
 {
+    let addr_ptr = S::as_mut_ptr(address);
+
+    if !addr_ptr.is_null() {
+        unsafe {
+            std::ptr::addr_of_mut!((*addr_ptr).sa_family).write(libc::AF_UNSPEC as _);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Musl's msghdr has private fields, so this is the only way to
     // initialize it.
     let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::zeroed();
     let p = mhdr.as_mut_ptr();
     unsafe {
-        (*p).msg_name = address as *mut c_void;
+        (*p).msg_name = addr_ptr.cast();
         (*p).msg_namelen = S::size();
         (*p).msg_iov = iov_buffer as *mut iovec;
         (*p).msg_iovlen = iov_buffer_len as _;
@@ -2062,7 +2070,7 @@ pub fn recvmsg<'a, 'outer, 'inner, S>(fd: RawFd, iov: &'outer mut [IoSliceMut<'i
         .map(|v| (v.as_mut_ptr(), v.capacity()))
         .unwrap_or((ptr::null_mut(), 0));
     let mut mhdr = unsafe {
-        pack_mhdr_to_receive(iov.as_mut().as_mut_ptr(), iov.len(), msg_control, msg_controllen, address.as_mut_ptr())
+        pack_mhdr_to_receive(iov.as_mut().as_mut_ptr(), iov.len(), msg_control, msg_controllen, &mut address)
     };
 
     let ret = unsafe { libc::recvmsg(fd, &mut mhdr, flags.bits()) };