--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c	
+++ a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c	
@@ -1583,7 +1583,11 @@ static int proxy_ftp_handler(request_rec *r, proxy_worker *worker,
                 }
 
                 /* make the connection */
-                apr_sockaddr_info_get(&pasv_addr, apr_psprintf(p, "%d.%d.%d.%d", h3, h2, h1, h0), connect_addr->family, pasvport, 0, p);
+                rv = apr_sockaddr_info_get(&pasv_addr, apr_psprintf(p, "%d.%d.%d.%d", h3, h2, h1, h0), connect_addr->family, pasvport, 0, p);
+                if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r, APLOGNO()
+                                "failed to set up sockaddr");
+                }
                 rv = apr_socket_connect(data_sock, pasv_addr);
                 if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r, APLOGNO(01048)
@@ -1628,7 +1632,11 @@ static int proxy_ftp_handler(request_rec *r, proxy_worker *worker,
 #endif                          /* _OSD_POSIX */
         }
 
-        apr_sockaddr_info_get(&local_addr, local_ip, APR_UNSPEC, local_port, 0, r->pool);
+        rv = apr_sockaddr_info_get(&local_addr, local_ip, APR_UNSPEC, local_port, 0, r->pool);
+        if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
+            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r, APLOGNO()
+                        "failed to set up sockaddr for %s", local_ip);
+        }
 
         if ((rv = apr_socket_bind(local_sock, local_addr)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
             ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r, APLOGNO(01051)
--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c	
+++ a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c	
@@ -2331,7 +2331,10 @@ ap_proxy_determine_connection(apr_pool_t *p, request_rec *r,
          */
         if (!conn->addr) {
             apr_sockaddr_t *sa;
-            apr_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, NULL, APR_UNSPEC, 0, 0, conn->pool);
+            if (apr_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, NULL, APR_UNSPEC, 0, 0, conn->pool) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO()
+                            "failed to set up sockaddr");
+            }
             conn->addr = sa;
         }
         conn->hostname = "httpd-UDS";
--- a/server/listen.c	
+++ a/server/listen.c	
@@ -883,7 +883,13 @@ AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_duplicate_listeners(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s,
                 duplr->protocol = apr_pstrdup(p, lr->protocol);
                 hostname = apr_pstrdup(p, lr->bind_addr->hostname);
                 port = lr->bind_addr->port;
-                apr_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, hostname, APR_UNSPEC, port, 0, p);
+                stat = apr_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, hostname, APR_UNSPEC, port, 0, p);
+                if (stat != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                    ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, 0, p, APLOGNO()
+                                "ap_duplicate_listeners: failed to set up sockaddr for %s",
+                                 hostname);
+                    return stat;
+                }
                 duplr->bind_addr = sa;
                 duplr->next = NULL;
                 stat = apr_socket_create(&duplr->sd, duplr->bind_addr->family,