diff --git a/src/nm-daemon-helper/nm-daemon-helper.c b/src/nm-daemon-helper/nm-daemon-helper.c
index 5faacf43f3..32be93a4ef 100644
--- a/src/nm-daemon-helper/nm-daemon-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-daemon-helper/nm-daemon-helper.c
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ cmd_resolve_address(void)
                     service,
                     ret,
                     gai_strerror(ret),
-                    errno,
-                    strerror(errno));
+                    errsv,
+                    _nm_strerror_r(errsv, buf, sizeof(buf)));
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr,
                     "getnameinfo() via service '%s' failed: %d (%s)\n",