diff --git a/usr.bin/netstat/route.c b/usr.bin/netstat/route.c
index a5102ae3f294..2ab35a0ffd7c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/netstat/route.c
+++ b/usr.bin/netstat/route.c
@@ -527,10 +527,6 @@ routename(struct sockaddr *sa, int flags)
 	static char line[NI_MAXHOST];
 	int error, f;
 
-	/* XXX: sa->sa_len doesn't match sizeof(struct sockaddr_dl) */
-	if (sa->sa_family == AF_LINK)
-		sa->sa_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_dl);
-
 	f = (flags) ? NI_NUMERICHOST : 0;
 	error = getnameinfo(sa, sa->sa_len, line, sizeof(line),
 	    NULL, 0, f);