diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http.c b/src/http/ngx_http.c
index 0a91d67..4c85684 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.c
@@ -1117,13 +1117,13 @@
         }
     }
 
-    sa = (struct sockaddr *) &lsopt->sockaddr;
+    sa = &lsopt->u.sockaddr;
 
     switch (sa->sa_family) {
 
 #if (NGX_HAVE_INET6)
     case AF_INET6:
-        sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) sa;
+        sin6 = &lsopt->u.sockaddr_in6;
         p = sin6->sin6_port;
         break;
 #endif
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@
 #endif
 
     default: /* AF_INET */
-        sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) sa;
+        sin = &lsopt->u.sockaddr_in;
         p = sin->sin_port;
         break;
     }
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@
      * may fill some fields in inherited sockaddr struct's
      */
 
-    sa = (struct sockaddr *) &lsopt->sockaddr;
+    sa = &lsopt->u.sockaddr;
 
     switch (sa->sa_family) {
 
@@ -1209,13 +1209,13 @@
         break;
     }
 
-    p = lsopt->sockaddr + off;
+    p = lsopt->u.sockaddr_data + off;
 
     addr = port->addrs.elts;
 
     for (i = 0; i < port->addrs.nelts; i++) {
 
-        if (ngx_memcmp(p, (u_char *) addr[i].opt.sockaddr + off, len) != 0) {
+        if (ngx_memcmp(p, addr[i].opt.u.sockaddr_data + off, len) != 0) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t  *cscf;
 
-    ls = ngx_create_listening(cf, addr->opt.sockaddr, addr->opt.socklen);
+    ls = ngx_create_listening(cf, &addr->opt.u.sockaddr, addr->opt.socklen);
     if (ls == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
 
     for (i = 0; i < hport->naddrs; i++) {
 
-        sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) addr[i].opt.sockaddr;
+        sin = &addr[i].opt.u.sockaddr_in;
         addrs[i].addr = sin->sin_addr.s_addr;
         addrs[i].conf.default_server = addr[i].default_server;
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@
 
     for (i = 0; i < hport->naddrs; i++) {
 
-        sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) addr[i].opt.sockaddr;
+        sin6 = &addr[i].opt.u.sockaddr_in6;
         addrs6[i].addr6 = sin6->sin6_addr;
         addrs6[i].conf.default_server = addr[i].default_server;
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index edd294f..83779a4 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@
     if (!conf->listen) {
         ngx_memzero(&lsopt, sizeof(ngx_http_listen_opt_t));
 
-        sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) &lsopt.sockaddr;
+        sin = &lsopt.u.sockaddr_in;
 
         sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
 #if (NGX_WIN32)
@@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@
         lsopt.sndbuf = -1;
         lsopt.wildcard = 1;
 
-        (void) ngx_sock_ntop((struct sockaddr *) &lsopt.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
+        (void) ngx_sock_ntop(&lsopt.u.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
                              NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN, 1);
 
         if (ngx_http_add_listen(cf, conf, &lsopt) == NGX_OK) {
@@ -3275,7 +3275,7 @@
 
     ngx_memzero(&lsopt, sizeof(ngx_http_listen_opt_t));
 
-    ngx_memcpy(lsopt.sockaddr, u.sockaddr, u.socklen);
+    ngx_memcpy(&lsopt.u.sockaddr, u.sockaddr, u.socklen);
 
     lsopt.socklen = u.socklen;
     lsopt.backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;
@@ -3283,7 +3283,7 @@
     lsopt.sndbuf = -1;
     lsopt.wildcard = u.wildcard;
 
-    (void) ngx_sock_ntop((struct sockaddr *) &lsopt.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
+    (void) ngx_sock_ntop(&lsopt.u.sockaddr, lsopt.addr,
                          NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN, 1);
 
     for (n = 2; n < cf->args->nelts; n++) {
@@ -3380,7 +3380,7 @@
 #if (NGX_HAVE_INET6 && defined IPV6_V6ONLY)
             struct sockaddr  *sa;
 
-            sa = (struct sockaddr *) lsopt.sockaddr;
+            sa = &lsopt.u.sockaddr;
 
             if (sa->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
index c240f25..9ed490a 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
@@ -43,7 +43,18 @@
 
 
 typedef struct {
-    u_char                     sockaddr[NGX_SOCKADDRLEN];
+    union {
+        struct sockaddr        sockaddr;
+        struct sockaddr_in     sockaddr_in;
+#if (NGX_HAVE_INET6)
+        struct sockaddr_in6    sockaddr_in6;
+#endif
+#if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
+        struct sockaddr_un     sockaddr_un;
+#endif
+        u_char                 sockaddr_data[NGX_SOCKADDRLEN];
+    } u;
+
     socklen_t                  socklen;
 
     unsigned                   set:1;