diff --git a/tulip/esp32s3/modsocket.c b/tulip/esp32s3/modsocket.c
index 934b5459..57b544ac 100644
--- a/tulip/esp32s3/modsocket.c
+++ b/tulip/esp32s3/modsocket.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int mdns_getaddrinfo(const char *host_str, const char *port_str,
 #endif // MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_MDNS_QUERIES
 
 static void _getaddrinfo_inner(const mp_obj_t host, const mp_obj_t portx,
-    const struct addrinfo *hints, struct addrinfo **res) {
+    struct addrinfo *hints, struct addrinfo **res) {
     int retval = 0;
 
     *res = NULL;
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ static void _getaddrinfo_inner(const mp_obj_t host, const mp_obj_t portx,
 
     MP_THREAD_GIL_EXIT();
 
+    // The ai_canonname field is used below, so set the hint.
+    hints->ai_flags |= AI_CANONNAME;
+
     #if MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_MDNS_QUERIES
     retval = mdns_getaddrinfo(host_str, port_str, hints, res);
     #endif
@@ -252,9 +255,8 @@ static void _getaddrinfo_inner(const mp_obj_t host, const mp_obj_t portx,
     }
     // Somehow LwIP returns a resolution of 0.0.0.0 for failed lookups, traced it as far back
     // as netconn_gethostbyname_addrtype returning OK instead of error.
-
-    if (*res == NULL) { //} ||
-        //(strcmp(res[0]->ai_canonname, "0.0.0.0") == 0 && strcmp(host_str, "0.0.0.0") != 0)) {
+    if (*res == NULL ||
+        (strcmp(res[0]->ai_canonname, "0.0.0.0") == 0 && strcmp(host_str, "0.0.0.0") != 0)) {
         lwip_freeaddrinfo(*res);
         mp_raise_OSError(-2); // name or service not known
     }
@@ -265,7 +267,8 @@ static void _getaddrinfo_inner(const mp_obj_t host, const mp_obj_t portx,
 static void _socket_getaddrinfo(const mp_obj_t addrtuple, struct addrinfo **resp) {
     mp_obj_t *elem;
     mp_obj_get_array_fixed_n(addrtuple, 2, &elem);
-    _getaddrinfo_inner(elem[0], elem[1], NULL, resp);
+    struct addrinfo hints = { 0 };
+    _getaddrinfo_inner(elem[0], elem[1], &hints, resp);
 }
 
 static mp_obj_t socket_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type_in, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
@@ -943,7 +946,6 @@ static mp_obj_t esp_socket_getaddrinfo(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     if (n_args > 5) {
         hints.ai_flags = mp_obj_get_int(args[5]);
     }
-    hints.ai_flags = hints.ai_flags | AI_CANONNAME;
 
     _getaddrinfo_inner(args[0], args[1], &hints, &res);
     mp_obj_t ret_list = mp_obj_new_list(0, NULL);
@@ -1020,4 +1022,4 @@ const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_socket = {
 // Note: This port doesn't define MICROPY_PY_SOCKET or MICROPY_PY_LWIP so
 // this will not conflict with the common implementation provided by
 // extmod/mod{lwip,socket}.c.
-MP_REGISTER_EXTENSIBLE_MODULE(MP_QSTR_socket, mp_module_socket);
+MP_REGISTER_EXTENSIBLE_MODULE(MP_QSTR_socket, mp_module_socket);
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