diff --git a/lib/zclient.c b/lib/zclient.c
index ca6a4c7..bd93d06 100644
--- a/lib/zclient.c
+++ b/lib/zclient.c
@@ -791,13 +791,10 @@
   ifp->mtu = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->mtu6 = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->bandwidth = stream_getl (s);
-#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_DL
-  stream_get (&ifp->sdl, s, sizeof (ifp->sdl_storage));
-#else
+  ifp->ll_type = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->hw_addr_len = stream_getl (s);
   if (ifp->hw_addr_len)
     stream_get (ifp->hw_addr, s, ifp->hw_addr_len);
-#endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_DL */
 }
 
 static int