diff --git a/resolv/res_send.c b/resolv/res_send.c
index 4c14db1..9f3fe21 100644
--- a/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -438,21 +438,21 @@ __libc_res_nsend(res_state statp, const u_char *buf, int buflen,
 				map[n] = ns++;
 			}
 		EXT(statp).nscount = n;
 		for (ns = 0; ns < EXT(statp).nscount; ns++) {
 			n = map[ns];
 			if (EXT(statp).nsaddrs[n] == NULL)
 				EXT(statp).nsaddrs[n] =
 				    malloc(sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6));
 			if (EXT(statp).nsaddrs[n] != NULL) {
 				memset (mempcpy(EXT(statp).nsaddrs[n],
-						&statp->nsaddr_list[ns],
+						&statp->nsaddr_list[n],
 						sizeof (struct sockaddr_in)),
 					'\0',
 					sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6)
 					- sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
 				EXT(statp).nssocks[n] = -1;
 				n++;
 			}
 		}
 		EXT(statp).nsinit = 1;
 	}