diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c b/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
index 85e0b3ef8eda276a34bc2f2cf665baaaf4b63cda..ad016cf2ccb0976b241e7334dd8d2677aee8cead 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ socket_link_t *new_link_udp_client(const char *server, int port){
 
   struct sockaddr_in si_other;
   int s;
-  socklen_t slen = 0;
+  socklen_t slen = sizeof(si_other);
  
   if ( (s=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1){
         goto error;