diff --git a/src/cw/sock_cmpaddr.c b/src/cw/sock_cmpaddr.c
index 07ff8581..bd425481 100644
--- a/src/cw/sock_cmpaddr.c
+++ b/src/cw/sock_cmpaddr.c
@@ -47,14 +47,17 @@ int sock_cmpaddr(const struct sockaddr *addr1, const struct sockaddr *addr2,int
 	int p1,p2;
 	int slen;
 
-	if (!addr1){
+	if (!addr1 && addr2){
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!addr2){
-		return -1;
+	if (!addr2 && addr1){
+		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (!addr1 && !addr2)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (addr1->sa_family != addr2->sa_family){
 		return addr1->sa_family - addr2->sa_family;
 	}