diff --git a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
index 3ecfb06411..a1f7f36700 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
@@ -1215,10 +1215,8 @@ qint64 QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeReceiveDatagram(char *data, qint64 maxL
     msg.dwBufferCount = 1;
     msg.name = reinterpret_cast<LPSOCKADDR>(&aa);
     msg.namelen = sizeof(aa);
-    if (options & (QAbstractSocketEngine::WantDatagramHopLimit | QAbstractSocketEngine::WantDatagramDestination)) {
-        msg.Control.buf = cbuf;
-        msg.Control.len = sizeof(cbuf);
-    }
+    msg.Control.buf = cbuf;
+    msg.Control.len = sizeof(cbuf);
 
     DWORD flags = 0;
     DWORD bytesRead = 0;