diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index fdb5233bf560..848116d06b51 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -3567,7 +3567,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_accept);
 int kernel_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int addrlen,
 		   int flags)
 {
-	return READ_ONCE(sock->ops)->connect(sock, addr, addrlen, flags);
+	struct sockaddr_storage address;
+
+	memcpy(&address, addr, addrlen);
+
+	return READ_ONCE(sock->ops)->connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&address,
+					     addrlen, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_connect);