diff --git a/include/haproxy/protocol-t.h b/include/haproxy/protocol-t.h
index c490d798f..247ba58f5 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/protocol-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/protocol-t.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct protocol {
 	int (*drain)(int fd);                           /* indicates whether we can safely close the fd */
 	int (*pause)(struct listener *l);               /* temporarily pause this listener for a soft restart */
 	void (*add)(struct listener *l, int port);      /* add a listener for this protocol and port */
+	int (*addrcmp)(const struct sockaddr_storage *, const struct sockaddr_storage *); /* compare addresses (like memcmp) */
 
 	struct list listeners;				/* list of listeners using this protocol (under proto_lock) */
 	int nb_listeners;				/* number of listeners (under proto_lock) */
diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index 5d1bc1ec7..17da4033d 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/protocol.h>
 #include <haproxy/proxy-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/sock.h>
+#include <haproxy/sock_inet.h>
 #include <haproxy/tools.h>
 
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_tcpv4 = {
 	.get_dst = tcp_get_dst,
 	.pause = tcp_pause_listener,
 	.add = tcpv4_add_listener,
+	.addrcmp = sock_inet4_addrcmp,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_tcpv4.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_tcpv6 = {
 	.get_dst = tcp_get_dst,
 	.pause = tcp_pause_listener,
 	.add = tcpv6_add_listener,
+	.addrcmp = sock_inet6_addrcmp,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_tcpv6.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -610,35 +613,6 @@ int tcp_get_dst(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen, int dir)
 	}
 }
 
-/* XXX: Should probably be elsewhere */
-static int compare_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *a, struct sockaddr_storage *b)
-{
-	if (a->ss_family != b->ss_family) {
-		return (-1);
-	}
-	switch (a->ss_family) {
-	case AF_INET:
-		{
-			struct sockaddr_in *a4 = (void *)a, *b4 = (void *)b;
-			if (a4->sin_port != b4->sin_port)
-				return (-1);
-			return (memcmp(&a4->sin_addr, &b4->sin_addr,
-			    sizeof(a4->sin_addr)));
-		}
-	case AF_INET6:
-		{
-			struct sockaddr_in6 *a6 = (void *)a, *b6 = (void *)b;
-			if (a6->sin6_port != b6->sin6_port)
-				return (-1);
-			return (memcmp(&a6->sin6_addr, &b6->sin6_addr,
-			    sizeof(a6->sin6_addr)));
-		}
-	default:
-		return (-1);
-	}
-
-}
-
 /* Returns true if the passed FD corresponds to a socket bound with LI_O_FOREIGN
  * according to the various supported socket options. The socket's address family
  * must be passed in <family>.
@@ -747,7 +721,7 @@ static int tcp_find_compatible_fd(struct listener *l)
 	options &= ~LI_O_V4V6;
 
 	while (xfer_sock) {
-		if (!compare_sockaddr(&xfer_sock->addr, &l->addr)) {
+		if (!l->proto->addrcmp(&xfer_sock->addr, &l->addr)) {
 			if ((l->interface == NULL && xfer_sock->iface == NULL) ||
 			    (l->interface != NULL && xfer_sock->iface != NULL &&
 			     !strcmp(l->interface, xfer_sock->iface))) {
diff --git a/src/proto_udp.c b/src/proto_udp.c
index 0c14817f5..0bd903fb5 100644
--- a/src/proto_udp.c
+++ b/src/proto_udp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/proxy.h>
 #include <haproxy/server.h>
 #include <haproxy/sock.h>
+#include <haproxy/sock_inet.h>
 #include <haproxy/task.h>
 
 static int udp_bind_listeners(struct protocol *proto, char *errmsg, int errlen);
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_udp4 = {
 	.get_dst = udp_get_dst,
 	.pause = udp_pause_listener,
 	.add = udp4_add_listener,
+	.addrcmp = sock_inet4_addrcmp,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_udp4.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_udp6 = {
 	.get_dst = udp_get_dst,
 	.pause = udp_pause_listener,
 	.add = udp6_add_listener,
+	.addrcmp = sock_inet6_addrcmp,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_udp6.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
diff --git a/src/proto_uxst.c b/src/proto_uxst.c
index 0e1cfc62a..f0cf99988 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxst.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxst.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/log.h>
 #include <haproxy/protocol.h>
 #include <haproxy/sock.h>
+#include <haproxy/sock_unix.h>
 #include <haproxy/time.h>
 #include <haproxy/tools.h>
 #include <haproxy/version.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_unix = {
 	.get_dst = sock_get_dst,
 	.pause = uxst_pause_listener,
 	.add = uxst_add_listener,
+	.addrcmp = sock_unix_addrcmp,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_unix.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -88,37 +90,13 @@ static int uxst_find_compatible_fd(struct listener *l)
 	int ret = -1;
 
 	while (xfer_sock) {
-		struct sockaddr_un *un1 = (void *)&l->addr;
-		struct sockaddr_un *un2 = (void *)&xfer_sock->addr;
-
 		/*
 		 * The bound socket's path as returned by getsockaddr
 		 * will be the temporary name <sockname>.XXXXX.tmp,
 		 * so we can't just compare the two names
 		 */
-		if (xfer_sock->addr.ss_family == AF_UNIX &&
-		    strncmp(un1->sun_path, un2->sun_path,
-		    strlen(un1->sun_path)) == 0) {
-			char *after_sockname = un2->sun_path +
-			    strlen(un1->sun_path);
-			/* Make a reasonable effort to check that
-			 * it is indeed a haproxy-generated temporary
-			 * name, it's not perfect, but probably good enough.
-			 */
-			if (after_sockname[0] == '.') {
-				after_sockname++;
-				while (after_sockname[0] >= '0' &&
-				    after_sockname[0] <= '9')
-					after_sockname++;
-				if (!strcmp(after_sockname, ".tmp"))
-					break;
-			/* abns sockets sun_path starts with a \0 */
-			} else if (un1->sun_path[0] == 0
-			    && un2->sun_path[0] == 0
-			    && !memcmp(&un1->sun_path[1], &un2->sun_path[1],
-			    sizeof(un1->sun_path) - 1))
+		if (!l->proto->addrcmp(&xfer_sock->addr, &l->addr))
 				break;
-		}
 		xfer_sock = xfer_sock->next;
 	}
 	if (xfer_sock != NULL) {