diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 422a607..3afec76 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -362,17 +362,17 @@ static SocketAddress *nbd_build_socket_address(const char *sockpath,

     saddr = g_new0(SocketAddress, 1);
     if (sockpath) {
-        saddr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
-        saddr->q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
-        saddr->q_unix->path = g_strdup(sockpath);
+        saddr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+        saddr->u.q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
+        saddr->u.q_unix->path = g_strdup(sockpath);
     } else {
-        saddr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
-        saddr->inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
-        saddr->inet->host = g_strdup(bindto);
+        saddr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
+        saddr->u.inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
+        saddr->u.inet->host = g_strdup(bindto);
         if (port) {
-            saddr->inet->port = g_strdup(port);
+            saddr->u.inet->port = g_strdup(port);
         } else  {
-            saddr->inet->port = g_strdup_printf("%d", NBD_DEFAULT_PORT);
+            saddr->u.inet->port = g_strdup_printf("%d", NBD_DEFAULT_PORT);
         }
     }

diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index cec2cee..7b37e3b 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -3524,9 +3524,9 @@ void vnc_display_open(const char *id, Error **errp)
         }

         if (strncmp(vnc, "unix:", 5) == 0) {
-            saddr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
-            saddr->q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
-            saddr->q_unix->path = g_strdup(vnc + 5);
+            saddr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+            saddr->u.q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
+            saddr->u.q_unix->path = g_strdup(vnc + 5);

             if (vs->ws_enabled) {
                 error_setg(errp, "UNIX sockets not supported with websock");
@@ -3534,12 +3534,12 @@ void vnc_display_open(const char *id, Error **errp)
             }
         } else {
             unsigned long long baseport;
-            saddr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
-            saddr->inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
+            saddr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
+            saddr->u.inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
             if (vnc[0] == '[' && vnc[hlen - 1] == ']') {
-                saddr->inet->host = g_strndup(vnc + 1, hlen - 2);
+                saddr->u.inet->host = g_strndup(vnc + 1, hlen - 2);
             } else {
-                saddr->inet->host = g_strndup(vnc, hlen);
+                saddr->u.inet->host = g_strndup(vnc, hlen);
             }
             if (parse_uint_full(h + 1, &baseport, 10) < 0) {
                 error_setg(errp, "can't convert to a number: %s", h + 1);
@@ -3550,28 +3550,28 @@ void vnc_display_open(const char *id, Error **errp)
                 error_setg(errp, "port %s out of range", h + 1);
                 goto fail;
             }
-            saddr->inet->port = g_strdup_printf(
+            saddr->u.inet->port = g_strdup_printf(
                 "%d", (int)baseport + 5900);

             if (to) {
-                saddr->inet->has_to = true;
-                saddr->inet->to = to;
+                saddr->u.inet->has_to = true;
+                saddr->u.inet->to = to;
             }
-            saddr->inet->ipv4 = saddr->inet->has_ipv4 = has_ipv4;
-            saddr->inet->ipv6 = saddr->inet->has_ipv6 = has_ipv6;
+            saddr->u.inet->ipv4 = saddr->u.inet->has_ipv4 = has_ipv4;
+            saddr->u.inet->ipv6 = saddr->u.inet->has_ipv6 = has_ipv6;

             if (vs->ws_enabled) {
-                wsaddr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
-                wsaddr->inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
-                wsaddr->inet->host = g_strdup(saddr->inet->host);
-                wsaddr->inet->port = g_strdup(websocket);
+                wsaddr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
+                wsaddr->u.inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
+                wsaddr->u.inet->host = g_strdup(saddr->u.inet->host);
+                wsaddr->u.inet->port = g_strdup(websocket);

                 if (to) {
-                    wsaddr->inet->has_to = true;
-                    wsaddr->inet->to = to;
+                    wsaddr->u.inet->has_to = true;
+                    wsaddr->u.inet->to = to;
                 }
-                wsaddr->inet->ipv4 = wsaddr->inet->has_ipv4 = has_ipv4;
-                wsaddr->inet->ipv6 = wsaddr->inet->has_ipv6 = has_ipv6;
+                wsaddr->u.inet->ipv4 = wsaddr->u.inet->has_ipv4 = has_ipv4;
+                wsaddr->u.inet->ipv6 = wsaddr->u.inet->has_ipv6 = has_ipv6;
             }
         }
     } else {
@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@ void vnc_display_open(const char *id, Error **errp)
         if (csock < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
-        vs->is_unix = saddr->kind == SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+        vs->is_unix = saddr->type == SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
         vnc_connect(vs, csock, false, false);
     } else {
         /* listen for connects */
@@ -3778,7 +3778,7 @@ void vnc_display_open(const char *id, Error **errp)
         if (vs->lsock < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
-        vs->is_unix = saddr->kind == SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+        vs->is_unix = saddr->type == SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
         if (vs->ws_enabled) {
             vs->lwebsock = socket_listen(wsaddr, errp);
             if (vs->lwebsock < 0) {
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 9142917..dfe4587 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -918,23 +918,23 @@ SocketAddress *socket_parse(const char *str, Error **errp)
             error_setg(errp, "invalid Unix socket address");
             goto fail;
         } else {
-            addr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
-            addr->q_unix = g_new(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
-            addr->q_unix->path = g_strdup(str + 5);
+            addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+            addr->u.q_unix = g_new(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
+            addr->u.q_unix->path = g_strdup(str + 5);
         }
     } else if (strstart(str, "fd:", NULL)) {
         if (str[3] == '\0') {
             error_setg(errp, "invalid file descriptor address");
             goto fail;
         } else {
-            addr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_FD;
-            addr->fd = g_new(String, 1);
-            addr->fd->str = g_strdup(str + 3);
+            addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_FD;
+            addr->u.fd = g_new(String, 1);
+            addr->u.fd->str = g_strdup(str + 3);
         }
     } else {
-        addr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
-        addr->inet = inet_parse(str, errp);
-        if (addr->inet == NULL) {
+        addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
+        addr->u.inet = inet_parse(str, errp);
+        if (addr->u.inet == NULL) {
             goto fail;
         }
     }
@@ -952,19 +952,19 @@ int socket_connect(SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp,
     int fd;

     opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    switch (addr->kind) {
+    switch (addr->type) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
-        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->inet);
+        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->u.inet);
         fd = inet_connect_opts(opts, errp, callback, opaque);
         break;

     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX:
-        qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", addr->q_unix->path, &error_abort);
+        qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", addr->u.q_unix->path, &error_abort);
         fd = unix_connect_opts(opts, errp, callback, opaque);
         break;

     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_FD:
-        fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, addr->fd->str, errp);
+        fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, addr->u.fd->str, errp);
         if (fd >= 0 && callback) {
             qemu_set_nonblock(fd);
             callback(fd, NULL, opaque);
@@ -984,19 +984,19 @@ int socket_listen(SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp)
     int fd;

     opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    switch (addr->kind) {
+    switch (addr->type) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
-        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->inet);
+        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, addr->u.inet);
         fd = inet_listen_opts(opts, 0, errp);
         break;

     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX:
-        qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", addr->q_unix->path, &error_abort);
+        qemu_opt_set(opts, "path", addr->u.q_unix->path, &error_abort);
         fd = unix_listen_opts(opts, errp);
         break;

     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_FD:
-        fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, addr->fd->str, errp);
+        fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, addr->u.fd->str, errp);
         break;

     default:
@@ -1012,12 +1012,12 @@ int socket_dgram(SocketAddress *remote, SocketAddress *local, Error **errp)
     int fd;

     opts = qemu_opts_create(&socket_optslist, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    switch (remote->kind) {
+    switch (remote->type) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET:
-        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, remote->inet);
+        inet_addr_to_opts(opts, remote->u.inet);
         if (local) {
-            qemu_opt_set(opts, "localaddr", local->inet->host, &error_abort);
-            qemu_opt_set(opts, "localport", local->inet->port, &error_abort);
+            qemu_opt_set(opts, "localaddr", local->u.inet->host, &error_abort);
+            qemu_opt_set(opts, "localport", local->u.inet->port, &error_abort);
         }
         fd = inet_dgram_opts(opts, errp);
         break;
@@ -1052,14 +1052,14 @@ socket_sockaddr_to_address_inet(struct sockaddr_storage *sa,
     }

     addr = g_new0(SocketAddress, 1);
-    addr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
-    addr->inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
-    addr->inet->host = g_strdup(host);
-    addr->inet->port = g_strdup(serv);
+    addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_INET;
+    addr->u.inet = g_new0(InetSocketAddress, 1);
+    addr->u.inet->host = g_strdup(host);
+    addr->u.inet->port = g_strdup(serv);
     if (sa->ss_family == AF_INET) {
-        addr->inet->has_ipv4 = addr->inet->ipv4 = true;
+        addr->u.inet->has_ipv4 = addr->u.inet->ipv4 = true;
     } else {
-        addr->inet->has_ipv6 = addr->inet->ipv6 = true;
+        addr->u.inet->has_ipv6 = addr->u.inet->ipv6 = true;
     }

     return addr;
@@ -1076,11 +1076,11 @@ socket_sockaddr_to_address_unix(struct sockaddr_storage *sa,
     struct sockaddr_un *su = (struct sockaddr_un *)sa;

     addr = g_new0(SocketAddress, 1);
-    addr->kind = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
-    addr->q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
+    addr->type = SOCKET_ADDRESS_KIND_UNIX;
+    addr->u.q_unix = g_new0(UnixSocketAddress, 1);
     if (su->sun_path[0]) {
-        addr->q_unix->path = g_strndup(su->sun_path,
-                                       sizeof(su->sun_path));
+        addr->u.q_unix->path = g_strndup(su->sun_path,
+                                         sizeof(su->sun_path));
     }

     return addr;
