2 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api b/src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api
index ad24d6e65ce..29bd8ad37f5 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-typedef ip4_address {
-  u8 address[4];
-};
-
-typedef ip6_address {
-  u8 address[16];
-};
+typedef u8 ip4_address[4];
+typedef u8 ip6_address[16];
 
 enum address_family {
   ADDRESS_IP4 = 0,
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip_types_api.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip_types_api.c
index 3d1f8065f5d..168e6150d19 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip_types_api.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip_types_api.c
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ ip_address_union_encode (const ip46_address_t * in,
 			 vl_api_address_union_t * out)
 {
   if (ADDRESS_IP6 == clib_net_to_host_u32 (af))
-    memcpy (out->ip6.address, &in->ip6, sizeof (out->ip6));
+    memcpy (out->ip6, &in->ip6, sizeof (out->ip6));
   else
-    memcpy (out->ip4.address, &in->ip4, sizeof (out->ip4));
+    memcpy (out->ip4, &in->ip4, sizeof (out->ip4));
 }
 
 void