diff --git a/infrastructure-centred/owlps-listener/owlps-listenerd.c b/infrastructure-centred/owlps-listener/owlps-listenerd.c
index 137bae9..6275162 100644
--- a/infrastructure-centred/owlps-listener/owlps-listenerd.c
+++ b/infrastructure-centred/owlps-listener/owlps-listenerd.c
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ void get_ip_addr(char *eth, char ip[16])
   struct ifreq ifr;
   int sockfd ;
   struct sockaddr_in sa ;
+  struct in_addr ip_addr ;
 
   sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) ;
   if(sockfd < 0)
@@ -812,10 +813,9 @@ void get_ip_addr(char *eth, char ip[16])
   if (ioctl(sockfd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr) < 0)
     return ;
 
-  strncpy(ip,
-          inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *)
-                    &ifr.ifr_addr.sa_data[sizeof(sa.sin_port)]),
-          16) ;
+  memcpy(&ip_addr, &ifr.ifr_addr.sa_data[sizeof(sa.sin_port)],
+         sizeof(ip_addr)) ;
+  strncpy(ip, inet_ntoa(ip_addr), 16) ;
 }