diff --git a/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c b/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
index b11c93df0f..3bcb430643 100644
--- a/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
+++ b/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
@@ -6547,20 +6547,34 @@ static void netplay_handle_slaves(netplay_t *netplay)
 static void netplay_announce_nat_traversal(netplay_t *netplay,
       uint16_t ext_port)
 {
-#ifndef HAVE_SOCKET_LEGACY
-   char msg[512], host[256], port[6];
+   char msg[512];
    const char *dmsg           = NULL;
    net_driver_state_t *net_st = &networking_driver_st;
   
    if (net_st->nat_traversal_request.status == NAT_TRAVERSAL_STATUS_OPENED)
    {
+      char host[256], port[6];
+
       netplay->ext_tcp_port = ext_port;
 
+#ifndef HAVE_SOCKET_LEGACY
       if (!getnameinfo(
-            (struct sockaddr *)&net_st->nat_traversal_request.request.addr,
+            (struct sockaddr*)&net_st->nat_traversal_request.request.addr,
             sizeof(net_st->nat_traversal_request.request.addr),
             host, sizeof(host), port, sizeof(port),
             NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV))
+#else
+      {
+         uint8_t *addr8  =
+            (uint8_t*)&net_st->nat_traversal_request.request.addr.sin_addr;
+         uint16_t port16 =
+            ntohs(net_st->nat_traversal_request.request.addr.sin_port);
+
+         snprintf(host, sizeof(host), "%d.%d.%d.%d",
+            (int)addr8[0], (int)addr8[1], (int)addr8[2], (int)addr8[3]);
+         snprintf(port, sizeof(port), "%hu", (unsigned short)port16);
+      }
+#endif
       {
          snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s: %s:%s",
             msg_hash_to_str(MSG_PUBLIC_ADDRESS), host, port);
@@ -6576,7 +6590,6 @@ static void netplay_announce_nat_traversal(netplay_t *netplay,
       runloop_msg_queue_push(dmsg, 1, 180, false, NULL,
          MESSAGE_QUEUE_ICON_DEFAULT, MESSAGE_QUEUE_CATEGORY_INFO);
    }
-#endif
 }
 
 /**