diff --git a/source/os/src/osSocket.c b/source/os/src/osSocket.c
index 55502ed813..1b0deb1819 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osSocket.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osSocket.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ int32_t taosGetIpv4FromFqdn(const char *fqdn, uint32_t* ip) {
     struct sockaddr    *sa = result->ai_addr;
     struct sockaddr_in *si = (struct sockaddr_in *)sa;
     struct in_addr      ia = si->sin_addr;
-    uint32_t            ip = ia.s_addr;
+    *ip = ia.s_addr;
     freeaddrinfo(result);
     return 0;
   } else {
@@ -1011,6 +1011,8 @@ int32_t taosGetIpv4FromFqdn(const char *fqdn, uint32_t* ip) {
 #else
     // printf("failed to get the ip address, fqdn:%s, ret:%d, since:%s", fqdn, ret, gai_strerror(ret));
 #endif
+    
+    *ip = 0xFFFFFFFF;
     return 0xFFFFFFFF;
   }
 #endif