diff --git a/epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c b/epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c
index 43050b7a0b..4135e4f27d 100644
--- a/epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c
+++ b/epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static guint32 dissect_ies(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, guint32 offset,
     /* the rest of this stuff only needs doing if we have an iax_tree */
 
     if (iax_tree && ies_type < NUM_HF_IAX2_IES) {
-      proto_item *ti, *ie_item = NULL;
+      proto_item *ti, *ie_item;
       proto_tree *ies_tree;
       int ie_hf = hf_iax2_ies[ies_type];
 
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ static guint32 dissect_ies(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, guint32 offset,
           proto_tree *sockaddr_tree;
 
           sockaddr_tree = proto_tree_add_subtree(ies_tree, tvb, offset + 2, 16,
-                            ett_iax2_ies_apparent_addr, NULL, "Apparent Address");
+                            ett_iax2_ies_apparent_addr, &ie_item, "Apparent Address");
 
           /* The IAX2 I-D says that the "apparent address" structure
              "is the same as the linux struct sockaddr_in", without