diff --git a/Modules/getaddrinfo.c b/Modules/getaddrinfo.c
index a3ca30a..e2a2edf 100644
--- a/Modules/getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/Modules/getaddrinfo.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
                 break;
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
             case AF_INET6:
-                pfx = ((struct in6_addr *)pton)->s6_addr8[0];
+                pfx = ((struct in6_addr *)pton)->s6_addr[0];
                 if (pfx == 0 || pfx == 0xfe || pfx == 0xff)
                     pai->ai_flags &= ~AI_CANONNAME;
                 break;
diff --git a/Modules/getnameinfo.c b/Modules/getnameinfo.c
index e9aeafb..f014c11 100644
--- a/Modules/getnameinfo.c
+++ b/Modules/getnameinfo.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         break;
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
     case AF_INET6:
-        pfx = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)sa)->sin6_addr.s6_addr8[0];
+        pfx = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)sa)->sin6_addr.s6_addr[0];
         if (pfx == 0 || pfx == 0xfe || pfx == 0xff)
             flags |= NI_NUMERICHOST;
         break;