diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 248bf1e5a..6a12cf4c5 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ static void assign_tproxy_address(struct session *s)
 		case SRV_TPROXY_DYN:
 			if (srv->bind_hdr_occ) {
 				/* bind to the IP in a header */
+				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_family = AF_INET;
 				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_port = 0;
 				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_addr.s_addr =
 					htonl(get_ip_from_hdr2(&s->txn.req,
@@ -907,6 +908,7 @@ static void assign_tproxy_address(struct session *s)
 		case PR_O_TPXY_DYN:
 			if (s->be->bind_hdr_occ) {
 				/* bind to the IP in a header */
+				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_family = AF_INET;
 				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_port = 0;
 				((struct sockaddr_in *)&s->req->cons->addr.from)->sin_addr.s_addr =
 					htonl(get_ip_from_hdr2(&s->txn.req,
diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index ecef63f85..caeb53931 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ int tcp_bind_socket(int fd, int flags, struct sockaddr_storage *local, struct so
 			if (flags & 2)
 				((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&bind_addr)->sin6_port = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)remote)->sin6_port;
 			break;
+		default:
+			/* we don't want to try to bind to an unknown address family */
+			foreign_ok = 0;
 		}
 	}