diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
index ff54c47255020b3a103735fb713ab88f855d22a2..4a44dfa2cf814db97c59d31154f5fa5af4b48de2 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int sctp_create_new_listener(
     }
   }
   else {
-    if ((sd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_SCTP)) < 0) {
+    if ((sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_SCTP)) < 0) {
       SCTP_ERROR("socket: %s:%d\n", strerror(errno), errno);
       return -1;
     }