diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 52db9c8..96c1b6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
 	struct list_head	rq_list;	/* idle list */
 	struct list_head	rq_all;		/* all threads list */
 	struct svc_sock *	rq_sock;	/* socket */
-	struct sockaddr_in	rq_addr;	/* peer address */
-	int			rq_addrlen;
+	struct sockaddr_storage	rq_addr;	/* peer address */
+	size_t			rq_addrlen;
 
 	struct svc_serv *	rq_server;	/* RPC service definition */
 	struct svc_pool *	rq_pool;	/* thread pool */
@@ -256,6 +256,19 @@
 };
 
 /*
+ * Rigorous type checking on sockaddr type conversions
+ */
+static inline struct sockaddr_in *svc_addr_in(struct svc_rqst *rqst)
+{
+	return (struct sockaddr_in *) &rqst->rq_addr;
+}
+
+static inline struct sockaddr *svc_addr(struct svc_rqst *rqst)
+{
+	return (struct sockaddr *) &rqst->rq_addr;
+}
+
+/*
  * Check buffer bounds after decoding arguments
  */
 static inline int