diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e7170f6058..b7e9e276aa 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2312.	[cleanup]	Silence Coverity warning in lib/isc/unix/socket.c.
+			[RT #17458]
+
 2311.   [bug]           IPv6 addresses could match IPv4 ACL entries and
                         vice versa. [RT #17462]
 
diff --git a/lib/isc/unix/socket.c b/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
index 2a76d11256..2fee7fd899 100644
--- a/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
+++ b/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: socket.c,v 1.277 2008/01/18 23:46:58 tbox Exp $ */
+/* $Id: socket.c,v 1.278 2008/01/22 01:06:33 marka Exp $ */
 
 /*! \file */
 
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ internal_accept(isc_task_t *me, isc_event_t *ev) {
 	 */
 
 	addrlen = sizeof(dev->newsocket->peer_address.type);
-	memset(&dev->newsocket->peer_address.type.sa, 0, addrlen);
+	memset(&dev->newsocket->peer_address.type, 0, addrlen);
 	fd = accept(sock->fd, &dev->newsocket->peer_address.type.sa,
 		    (void *)&addrlen);