diff --git a/sys/net/if.c b/sys/net/if.c
index 425555728ba7..6f12e132aba7 100644
--- a/sys/net/if.c
+++ b/sys/net/if.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.200 2007/09/11 19:31:22 gdt Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.201 2007/09/13 18:54:57 gdt Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.200 2007/09/11 19:31:22 gdt Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.201 2007/09/13 18:54:57 gdt Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_inet.h"
 
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ ifconf(u_long cmd, void *data)
 
 			if (ifrp != NULL)
 			{
-				ifr.ifr_addr = *sa;
+				memcpy(&ifr.ifr_space, sa, sa->sa_len);
 				if (space >= sz) {
 					error = copyout(&ifr, ifrp, sz);
 					if (error != 0)
diff --git a/sys/net/if.h b/sys/net/if.h
index 271ff5907eb5..bca3a3dacb00 100644
--- a/sys/net/if.h
+++ b/sys/net/if.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: if.h,v 1.126 2007/09/02 00:24:18 dyoung Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: if.h,v 1.127 2007/09/13 18:54:57 gdt Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ struct	ifreq {
 #define	ifr_addr	ifr_ifru.ifru_addr	/* address */
 #define	ifr_dstaddr	ifr_ifru.ifru_dstaddr	/* other end of p-to-p link */
 #define	ifr_broadaddr	ifr_ifru.ifru_broadaddr	/* broadcast address */
+#define	ifr_space	ifr_ifru.ifru_space	/* sockaddr_storage */
 #define	ifr_flags	ifr_ifru.ifru_flags	/* flags */
 #define	ifr_metric	ifr_ifru.ifru_metric	/* metric */
 #define	ifr_mtu		ifr_ifru.ifru_mtu	/* mtu */