diff --git a/libretro-common/net/net_compat.c b/libretro-common/net/net_compat.c
index 7ea2648046..96d34a7627 100644
--- a/libretro-common/net/net_compat.c
+++ b/libretro-common/net/net_compat.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ const char *inet_ntop_compat(int af, const void *src, char *dst, socklen_t cnt)
       return dst;
    }
 #endif
-   return NULL;
+   else
+      return NULL;
 #else
    return inet_ntop(af, src, dst, cnt);
 #endif