diff --git a/src/flb_network.c b/src/flb_network.c
index 11efbb7d60b..e53030ba742 100644
--- a/src/flb_network.c
+++ b/src/flb_network.c
@@ -1819,10 +1819,10 @@ flb_sockfd_t flb_net_accept(flb_sockfd_t server_fd)
      */
 
 #ifdef FLB_HAVE_ACCEPT4
-    remote_fd = accept4(server_fd, &sock_addr, &socket_size,
+    remote_fd = accept4(server_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sock_addr, &socket_size,
                         SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
 #else
-    remote_fd = accept(server_fd, &sock_addr, &socket_size);
+    remote_fd = accept(server_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sock_addr, &socket_size);
     flb_net_socket_nonblocking(remote_fd);
 #endif