diff --git a/util/iov.c b/util/iov.c
index 03934da74dc280d3692c21e0db607fbf4ddbe6b7..6569b5aae1ca001daa8f0f4322efd3cd7d886871 100644
--- a/util/iov.c
+++ b/util/iov.c
@@ -17,14 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-# include <windows.h>
-# include <winsock2.h>
-#else
-# include <sys/types.h>
-# include <sys/socket.h>
-#endif
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 
 size_t iov_from_buf(const struct iovec *iov, unsigned int iov_cnt,
                     size_t offset, const void *buf, size_t bytes)