diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.c b/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.c
index ad5092763..654cee543 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.c
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ extern void telnet P((int, int, char *));
  */
 void doit(struct sockaddr_in *who)
 {
-	char *host, *inet_ntoa();
+	const char *host;
 	int t;
 	struct hostent *hp;
 	int level;