diff --git a/lib/asyn-ares.c b/lib/asyn-ares.c
index 236697695e..dcbed0129c 100644
--- a/lib/asyn-ares.c
+++ b/lib/asyn-ares.c
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ struct Curl_addrinfo *Curl_async_getaddrinfo(struct Curl_easy *data,
     /* The stack seems to be IPv6-enabled */
     /* areschannel is already setup in the Curl_open() function */
     CURL_TRC_DNS(data, "asyn-ares: fire off query for A");
-    ares_gethostbyname(ares->channel, hostname, PF_INET,
+    ares_gethostbyname(ares->channel, data->state.async.hostname, PF_INET,
                        async_ares_hostbyname_cb, data);
     CURL_TRC_DNS(data, "asyn-ares: fire off query for AAAA");
     ares->num_pending = 2;