diff --git a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
index 461c51f00f..3e252f0522 100644
--- a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxUNIXaddress, wxSockAddress);
     #endif
 #endif // __WINDOWS__
 
-// we assume that we have gethostbyaddr_r() if and only if we have
-// gethostbyname_r() and that it uses the similar conventions to it (see
-// comment in configure)
-#define HAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
-
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
     #ifndef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
     #define HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
@@ -125,7 +120,13 @@ wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxUNIXaddress, wxSockAddress);
 #ifdef HAVE_FUNC_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6
     #define HAVE_FUNC_GETHOSTBYADDR_R_6
 #endif
-#endif
+#endif // __ANDROID__/!__ANDROID__
+
+// we assume that we have gethostbyaddr_r() if and only if we have
+// gethostbyname_r() and that it uses the similar conventions to it (see
+// comment in configure)
+#define HAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
+
 // the _r functions need the extra buffer parameter but unfortunately its type
 // differs between different systems and for the systems which use opaque
 // structs for it (at least AIX and OpenBSD) it must be zero-filled before