diff --git a/nbase/nbase_ipv6.h b/nbase/nbase_ipv6.h
index 18f7bee8b..ccc01eded 100644
--- a/nbase/nbase_ipv6.h
+++ b/nbase/nbase_ipv6.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ int sockaddr_storage_equal(const struct sockaddr_storage *a,
    thread in the process).  If there is a weird error (like sslen being
    too short) then NULL will be returned. */
 const char *inet_ntop_ez(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss, size_t sslen);
+/* Same, but no extra length checks */
+const char *inet_socktop(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss);
 
 
 #if !HAVE_GETNAMEINFO || !HAVE_GETADDRINFO
diff --git a/nbase/nbase_misc.c b/nbase/nbase_misc.c
index 75c5b6f1b..5bfce612f 100644
--- a/nbase/nbase_misc.c
+++ b/nbase/nbase_misc.c
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ const char *inet_ntop_ez(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss, size_t sslen) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Same as inet_ntop_ez, but assumes sslen==sizeof(sockaddr_storage) */
+const char *inet_socktop(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss) {
+  return inet_ntop_ez(ss, sizeof(*ss));
+}
+
 /* Create a new socket inheritable by subprocesses. On non-Windows systems it's
    just a normal socket. */
 int inheritable_socket(int af, int style, int protocol) {
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_connect.c b/ncat/ncat_connect.c
index aa60b556c..34d0c25ec 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_connect.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_connect.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void connect_report(nsock_iod nsi)
     }
 }
 
-/* Just like inet_socktop, but it puts IPv6 addresses in square brackets. */
+/* Just like socktop, but it puts IPv6 addresses in square brackets. */
 static const char *sock_to_url(char *host_str, unsigned short port)
 {
     static char buf[512];
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int do_proxy_http(void)
         target = o.target;
     } else {
         /* addr is now populated with either sockaddr_in or sockaddr_in6 */
-        Strncpy(addrstr, inet_socktop(&addr), sizeof(addrstr));
+        Strncpy(addrstr, inet_socktop_safe(&addr), sizeof(addrstr));
         target = addrstr;
         if (o.verbose && getaddrfamily(o.target) == -1)
             loguser("Host %s locally resolved to %s.\n", o.target, target);
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int do_proxy_socks4(void)
     }
 
     if (o.verbose) {
-        loguser("Connected to proxy %s:%hu\n", inet_socktop(&targetaddrs->addr),
+        loguser("Connected to proxy %s:%hu\n", inet_socktop_safe(&targetaddrs->addr),
             inet_port(&targetaddrs->addr));
     }
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static int do_proxy_socks4(void)
         socks4msg.address = addr.in.sin_addr.s_addr;
         if (o.verbose && getaddrfamily(o.target) == -1)
             loguser("Host %s locally resolved to %s.\n", o.target,
-                inet_socktop(&addr));
+                inet_socktop_safe(&addr));
     }
 
     if (send(sd, (char *)&socks4msg, offsetof(struct socks4_data, data) + datalen, 0) < 0) {
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static int do_proxy_socks5(void)
     }
 
     if (o.verbose) {
-        loguser("Connected to proxy %s:%hu\n", inet_socktop(&targetaddrs->addr),
+        loguser("Connected to proxy %s:%hu\n", inet_socktop_safe(&targetaddrs->addr),
             inet_port(&targetaddrs->addr));
     }
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static int do_proxy_socks5(void)
         dstlen = addrlen;
         if (o.verbose && getaddrfamily(o.target) == -1)
             loguser("Host %s locally resolved to %s.\n", o.target,
-                inet_socktop(&addr));
+                inet_socktop_safe(&addr));
     }
 
     memcpy(socks5msg2.dst + dstlen, &proxyport, 2);
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static void connect_handler(nsock_pool nsp, nsock_event evt, void *data)
                 zmem(&peer, sizeof(peer.storage));
                 nsock_iod_get_communication_info(cs.sock_nsi, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                     &peer.sockaddr, sizeof(peer.storage));
-                loguser("Connection to %s failed: %s.\n", inet_socktop(&peer),
+                loguser("Connection to %s failed: %s.\n", inet_socktop_safe(&peer),
                     (status == NSE_STATUS_TIMEOUT)
                     ? nse_status2str(status)
                     : socket_strerror(nse_errorcode(evt)));
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_ssl.c b/ncat/ncat_ssl.c
index 72d91534c..33c346c4c 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_ssl.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_ssl.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ int ssl_handshake(struct fdinfo *sinfo)
 
     if (o.verbose) {
         loguser("Failed SSL connection from %s: %s\n",
-        inet_socktop(&sinfo->remoteaddr),
+        inet_socktop_safe(&sinfo->remoteaddr),
                      ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
     }
     return NCAT_SSL_HANDSHAKE_FAILED;
diff --git a/ncat/util.c b/ncat/util.c
index 288d5cd58..07e63d2a0 100644
--- a/ncat/util.c
+++ b/ncat/util.c
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ const char *socktop(const union sockaddr_u *su, socklen_t ss_len)
             break;
 #endif
         case AF_INET:
-            Snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s:%hu", inet_socktop(su), inet_port(su));
+            Snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s:%hu", inet_socktop_safe(su), inet_port(su));
             break;
         case AF_INET6:
-            Snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s]:%hu", inet_socktop(su), inet_port(su));
+            Snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s]:%hu", inet_socktop_safe(su), inet_port(su));
             break;
         default:
             return NULL;
@@ -379,21 +379,10 @@ const char *socktop(const union sockaddr_u *su, socklen_t ss_len)
    IPv6 IP address string.  Since a static buffer is returned, this is
    not thread-safe and can only be used once in calls like printf()
 */
-const char *inet_socktop(const union sockaddr_u *su)
+const char *inet_socktop_safe(const union sockaddr_u *su)
 {
-    static char buf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 1];
-    void *addr;
-
-    if (su->storage.ss_family == AF_INET)
-        addr = (void *) &su->in.sin_addr;
-#if HAVE_IPV6
-    else if (su->storage.ss_family == AF_INET6)
-        addr = (void *) &su->in6.sin6_addr;
-#endif
-    else
-        bye("Invalid address family passed to inet_socktop().");
-
-    if (inet_ntop(su->storage.ss_family, addr, buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL) {
+    const char *buf = inet_socktop(&su->storage);
+    if (buf == NULL) {
         bye("Failed to convert address to presentation format!  Error: %s.",
             strerror(socket_errno()));
     }
diff --git a/ncat/util.h b/ncat/util.h
index bca0f0c7c..3f469aab9 100644
--- a/ncat/util.h
+++ b/ncat/util.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int strbuf_sprintf(char **buf, size_t *size, size_t *offset, const char *fmt, ..
 int addr_is_local(const union sockaddr_u *su);
 
 const char *socktop(const union sockaddr_u *su, socklen_t ss_len);
-const char *inet_socktop(const union sockaddr_u *su);
+const char *inet_socktop_safe(const union sockaddr_u *su);
 
 unsigned short inet_port(const union sockaddr_u *su);
 
diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 2556d966c..4f3a922a3 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             currenths->setSourceSockAddr(&ss, sslen);
             if (! sourceaddrwarning) {
               error("WARNING: We could not determine for sure which interface to use, so we are guessing %s .  If this is wrong, use -S <my_IP_address>.",
-                    inet_socktop(&ss));
+                    inet_socktop_safe(&ss));
               sourceaddrwarning = 1;
             }
           }
diff --git a/nse_nmaplib.cc b/nse_nmaplib.cc
index 1a6b30ffa..73532d623 100644
--- a/nse_nmaplib.cc
+++ b/nse_nmaplib.cc
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int l_resolve(lua_State *L)
     if (addr->ai_addrlen > sizeof(ss))
       continue;
     memcpy(&ss, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen);
-    nseU_appendfstr(L, -1, "%s", inet_socktop(&ss));
+    nseU_appendfstr(L, -1, "%s", inet_socktop_safe(&ss));
   }
 
   if (addrs != NULL)
diff --git a/scan_engine_connect.cc b/scan_engine_connect.cc
index 7eb368e6b..16acc2f32 100644
--- a/scan_engine_connect.cc
+++ b/scan_engine_connect.cc
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static void init_socket(int sd, const HostScanStats *hss, UltraScanInfo *USI) {
   if (o.spoofsource && !bind_failed) {
     o.SourceSockAddr(&ss, &sslen);
     if (::bind(sd, (struct sockaddr*)&ss, sslen) != 0) {
-      error("%s: Problem binding source address (%s), errno: %d", __func__, inet_socktop(&ss), socket_errno());
+      error("%s: Problem binding source address (%s), errno: %d", __func__, inet_socktop_safe(&ss), socket_errno());
       perror("bind");
       bind_failed = 1;
     }
diff --git a/targets.cc b/targets.cc
index 4228dcaa5..483d43b96 100644
--- a/targets.cc
+++ b/targets.cc
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int load_exclude_file(struct addrset *excludelist, FILE *fp) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < req.ssv.size(); i++) {
           const struct sockaddr_storage &ss = req.ssv[i];
           assert(ss.ss_family == o.af());
-          Snprintf(host_spec, sizeof(host_spec), "%s%s", inet_socktop(&ss),
+          Snprintf(host_spec, sizeof(host_spec), "%s%s", inet_socktop_safe(&ss),
               slash);
           if(!addrset_add_spec(excludelist, host_spec, o.af(), 0)){
             error("Invalid address specification: %s", host_spec);
diff --git a/tcpip.cc b/tcpip.cc
index 717836ed7..1b3626734 100644
--- a/tcpip.cc
+++ b/tcpip.cc
@@ -361,21 +361,9 @@ void PacketTrace::traceConnect(u8 proto, const struct sockaddr *sock,
 /* Converts an IP address given in a sockaddr_storage to an IPv4 or
    IPv6 IP address string.  Since a static buffer is returned, this is
    not thread-safe and can only be used once in calls like printf() */
-const char *inet_socktop(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss) {
-  static char buf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-  const struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) ss;
-#if HAVE_IPV6
-  const struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) ss;
-#endif
-
-  if (inet_ntop(sin->sin_family, (sin->sin_family == AF_INET) ?
-                (char *) &sin->sin_addr :
-#if HAVE_IPV6
-                (char *) &sin6->sin6_addr,
-#else
-                (char *) NULL,
-#endif /* HAVE_IPV6 */
-                buf, sizeof(buf)) == NULL) {
+const char *inet_socktop_safe(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss) {
+  const char *buf = inet_socktop(ss);
+  if (buf == NULL) {
     fatal("Failed to convert target address to presentation format in %s!?!  Error: %s", __func__, strerror(socket_errno()));
   }
   return buf;
diff --git a/tcpip.h b/tcpip.h
index 067f77d9e..28b654688 100644
--- a/tcpip.h
+++ b/tcpip.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class PacketCounter {
    IPv6 IP address string.  Since a static buffer is returned, this is
    not thread-safe and can only be used once in calls like printf()
 */
-const char *inet_socktop(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss);
+const char *inet_socktop_safe(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss);
 
 /* Takes a destination address (dst) and tries to determine the
    source address and interface necessary to route to this address.