diff --git a/src/linux.cc b/src/linux.cc
index 14b93148..c26c847f 100644
--- a/src/linux.cc
+++ b/src/linux.cc
@@ -578,11 +578,9 @@ void update_net_interfaces(FILE *net_dev_fp, bool is_first_update,
     for (unsigned int k = 0; k < conf.ifc_len / sizeof(struct ifreq); k++) {
       struct net_stat *ns2;
 
-      if (!(((struct ifreq *)conf.ifc_buf) + k)) break;
-
-      ns2 = get_net_stat(((struct ifreq *)conf.ifc_buf)[k].ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name,
+      ns2 = get_net_stat(conf.ifc_req[k].ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name,
                          nullptr, NULL);
-      ns2->addr = ((struct ifreq *)conf.ifc_buf)[k].ifr_ifru.ifru_addr;
+      ns2->addr = conf.ifc_req[k].ifr_ifru.ifru_addr;
       char temp_addr[18];
       snprintf(temp_addr, sizeof(temp_addr), "%u.%u.%u.%u, ",
                ns2->addr.sa_data[2] & 255, ns2->addr.sa_data[3] & 255,