diff --git a/usr.sbin/rip6query/rip6query.c b/usr.sbin/rip6query/rip6query.c
index b37772b09c0..fa8795c7dab 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rip6query/rip6query.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rip6query/rip6query.c
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ main(argc, argv)
 {
 	struct netinfo6 *np;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 fsock;
-	int i, n, len, flen;
+	int i, n, len;
 	int c;
 	int ifidx = -1;
 	int error;
+	socklen_t flen;
 	char pbuf[10];
 	struct addrinfo hints, *res;