diff --git a/qga/channel-posix.c b/qga/channel-posix.c
index bb65d8ba17..bf321584ce 100644
--- a/qga/channel-posix.c
+++ b/qga/channel-posix.c
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ static gboolean ga_channel_listen_accept(GIOChannel *channel,
     GAChannel *c = data;
     int ret, client_fd;
     bool accepted = false;
-    struct sockaddr_un addr;
-    socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(addr);
 
     g_assert(channel != NULL);
 
-    client_fd = qemu_accept(g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(channel),
-                            (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
+    client_fd = qemu_accept(g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(channel), NULL, NULL);
     if (client_fd == -1) {
         g_warning("error converting fd to gsocket: %s", strerror(errno));
         goto out;