diff --git a/compio-net/src/unix.rs b/compio-net/src/unix.rs
index ae3ff654..0eff2b02 100644
--- a/compio-net/src/unix.rs
+++ b/compio-net/src/unix.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ impl UnixListener {
     /// the specified file path. The file path cannot yet exist, and will be
     /// cleaned up upon dropping [`UnixListener`]
     pub fn bind_addr(addr: &SockAddr) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        if !addr.is_unix() {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "addr is not unix socket address",
+            ));
+        }
+
         let socket = Socket::bind(addr, Type::STREAM, None)?;
         socket.listen(1024)?;
         Ok(UnixListener { inner: socket })
@@ -129,27 +136,16 @@ impl UnixStream {
     /// [`UnixListener`] or equivalent listening on the corresponding Unix
     /// domain socket to successfully connect and return a `UnixStream`.
     pub async fn connect_addr(addr: &SockAddr) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        if !addr.is_unix() {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "addr is not unix socket address",
+            ));
+        }
+
         #[cfg(windows)]
         let socket = {
-            use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::{AF_UNIX, SOCKADDR_UN};
-
-            let new_addr = unsafe {
-                SockAddr::try_init(|addr, len| {
-                    let addr: *mut SOCKADDR_UN = addr.cast();
-                    std::ptr::write(
-                        addr,
-                        SOCKADDR_UN {
-                            sun_family: AF_UNIX,
-                            sun_path: [0; 108],
-                        },
-                    );
-                    std::ptr::write(len, 3);
-                    Ok(())
-                })
-            }
-            // it is always Ok
-            .unwrap()
-            .1;
+            let new_addr = empty_unix_socket();
             Socket::bind(&new_addr, Type::STREAM, None)?
         };
         #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -181,21 +177,9 @@ impl UnixStream {
     pub fn peer_addr(&self) -> io::Result<SockAddr> {
         #[allow(unused_mut)]
         let mut addr = self.inner.peer_addr()?;
-        // The peer addr returned after ConnectEx is buggy. It contains bytes that
-        // should not belong to the address. Luckily a unix path should not contain `\0`
-        // until the end. We can determine the path ending by that.
         #[cfg(windows)]
         {
-            use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKADDR_UN;
-
-            let unix_addr: &SOCKADDR_UN = unsafe { &*addr.as_ptr().cast() };
-            let addr_len = match std::ffi::CStr::from_bytes_until_nul(&unix_addr.sun_path) {
-                Ok(str) => str.to_bytes_with_nul().len() + 2,
-                Err(_) => std::mem::size_of::<SOCKADDR_UN>(),
-            };
-            unsafe {
-                addr.set_length(addr_len as _);
-            }
+            fix_unix_socket_length(&mut addr);
         }
         Ok(addr)
     }
@@ -296,3 +280,47 @@ impl AsyncWrite for &UnixStream {
 impl_try_as_raw_fd!(UnixStream, inner);
 
 impl_attachable!(UnixStream, inner);
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[inline]
+fn empty_unix_socket() -> SockAddr {
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::{AF_UNIX, SOCKADDR_UN};
+
+    // SAFETY: the length is correct
+    unsafe {
+        SockAddr::try_init(|addr, len| {
+            let addr: *mut SOCKADDR_UN = addr.cast();
+            std::ptr::write(
+                addr,
+                SOCKADDR_UN {
+                    sun_family: AF_UNIX,
+                    sun_path: [0; 108],
+                },
+            );
+            std::ptr::write(len, 3);
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+    // it is always Ok
+    .unwrap()
+    .1
+}
+
+// The peer addr returned after ConnectEx is buggy. It contains bytes that
+// should not belong to the address. Luckily a unix path should not contain `\0`
+// until the end. We can determine the path ending by that.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[inline]
+fn fix_unix_socket_length(addr: &mut SockAddr) {
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Networking::WinSock::SOCKADDR_UN;
+
+    // SAFETY: cannot construct non-unix socket address in safe way.
+    let unix_addr: &SOCKADDR_UN = unsafe { &*addr.as_ptr().cast() };
+    let addr_len = match std::ffi::CStr::from_bytes_until_nul(&unix_addr.sun_path) {
+        Ok(str) => str.to_bytes_with_nul().len() + 2,
+        Err(_) => std::mem::size_of::<SOCKADDR_UN>(),
+    };
+    unsafe {
+        addr.set_length(addr_len as _);
+    }
+}