diff --git a/src/network/gethostbyaddr.c b/src/network/gethostbyaddr.c
index 598e2241..c3cacaac 100644
--- a/src/network/gethostbyaddr.c
+++ b/src/network/gethostbyaddr.c
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const void *a, socklen_t l, int af)
 		err = gethostbyaddr_r(a, l, af, h,
 			(void *)(h+1), size-sizeof *h, &res, &h_errno);
 	} while (err == ERANGE);
-	return err ? 0 : h;
+	return res;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/gethostbyname2.c b/src/network/gethostbyname2.c
index dc9d6621..bd0da7f8 100644
--- a/src/network/gethostbyname2.c
+++ b/src/network/gethostbyname2.c
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ struct hostent *gethostbyname2(const char *name, int af)
 		err = gethostbyname2_r(name, af, h,
 			(void *)(h+1), size-sizeof *h, &res, &h_errno);
 	} while (err == ERANGE);
-	return err ? 0 : h;
+	return res;
 }