diff --git a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
index 5d25087..dbad6dd 100644
--- a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 				if (EXT(statp).nssocks[ns] == -1)
 					continue;
 				peerlen = sizeof(peer);
-				if (getsockname(EXT(statp).nssocks[ns],
+				if (getpeername(EXT(statp).nssocks[ns],
 				    (struct sockaddr *)(void *)&peer, &peerlen) < 0) {
 					needclose++;
 					break;