diff --git a/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs b/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
index 117f9957b..95ec7716e 100644
--- a/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{
     io,
     io::IoSliceMut,
     mem::{self, MaybeUninit},
-    net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6},
+    net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6},
     os::unix::io::AsRawFd,
     ptr,
     task::{Context, Poll},
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ fn prepare_msg(
                 IpAddr::V4(v4) => {
                     let pktinfo = libc::in_pktinfo {
                         ipi_ifindex: 0,
-                        ipi_spec_dst: unsafe {
-                            *(v4 as *const Ipv4Addr as *const () as *const libc::in_addr)
+                        ipi_spec_dst: libc::in_addr {
+                            s_addr: u32::from_ne_bytes(v4.octets()),
                         },
                         ipi_addr: libc::in_addr { s_addr: 0 },
                     };
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ fn prepare_msg(
                 IpAddr::V6(v6) => {
                     let pktinfo = libc::in6_pktinfo {
                         ipi6_ifindex: 0,
-                        ipi6_addr: unsafe {
-                            *(v6 as *const Ipv6Addr as *const () as *const libc::in6_addr)
+                        ipi6_addr: libc::in6_addr {
+                            s6_addr: v6.octets(),
                         },
                     };
                     encoder.push(libc::IPPROTO_IPV6, libc::IPV6_PKTINFO, pktinfo);