diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_debug.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_debug.c
index 4175b87155..9df67f3f49 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_debug.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_debug.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ eina_debug_remote_connect(int port)
 
    //Prepare the sockaddr_in structure
    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
-   inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &server.sin_addr.s_addr);
+   if (inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &server.sin_addr.s_addr) != 1) goto err;
    server.sin_port = htons(port);
 
    if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)) < 0)