return string_nocheck(buf, end, ip4_addr, spec);
 }
 
+static noinline_for_stack
+char *ip_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
+                    struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
+{
+       switch (fmt[1]) {
+       case '6':
+               return ip6_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
+       case '4':
+               return ip4_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
+       case 'S': {
+               const union {
+                       struct sockaddr         raw;
+                       struct sockaddr_in      v4;
+                       struct sockaddr_in6     v6;
+               } *sa = ptr;
+
+               switch (sa->raw.sa_family) {
+               case AF_INET:
+                       return ip4_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v4, spec, fmt);
+               case AF_INET6:
+                       return ip6_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v6, spec, fmt);
+               default:
+                       return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(invalid address)", spec);
+               }}
+       }
+
+       return ptr_to_id(buf, end, ptr, spec);
+}
+
 static noinline_for_stack
 char *escaped_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr, struct printf_spec spec,
                     const char *fmt)
                                         * 4:   001.002.003.004
                                         * 6:   000102...0f
                                         */
-               switch (fmt[1]) {
-               case '6':
-                       return ip6_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
-               case '4':
-                       return ip4_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
-               case 'S': {
-                       const union {
-                               struct sockaddr         raw;
-                               struct sockaddr_in      v4;
-                               struct sockaddr_in6     v6;
-                       } *sa = ptr;
-
-                       switch (sa->raw.sa_family) {
-                       case AF_INET:
-                               return ip4_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v4, spec, fmt);
-                       case AF_INET6:
-                               return ip6_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v6, spec, fmt);
-                       default:
-                               return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(invalid address)", spec);
-                       }}
-               }
-               break;
+               return ip_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
        case 'E':
                return escaped_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
        case 'U':