--- a/src/http/ngx_http.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.c
@@ -1688,54 +1688,14 @@ static ngx_listening_t *
 ngx_http_add_listening(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_http_conf_addr_t *addr)
 {
     ngx_listening_t           *ls;
-    struct sockaddr           *sa;
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t  *cscf;
-    u_char                     text[NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN];
 
-    ls = ngx_array_push(&cf->cycle->listening);
+    ls = ngx_create_listening(cf, addr->sockaddr, addr->socklen);
     if (ls == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    ngx_memzero(ls, sizeof(ngx_listening_t));
-
-    sa = ngx_palloc(cf->pool, addr->socklen);
-    if (sa == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    ngx_memcpy(sa, addr->sockaddr, addr->socklen);
-
-    ls->sockaddr = sa;
-    ls->socklen = addr->socklen;
-
-    ls->addr_text.len = ngx_sock_ntop(sa, text, NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN, 1);
-
-    ls->addr_text.data = ngx_pnalloc(cf->pool, ls->addr_text.len);
-    if (ls->addr_text.data == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    ngx_memcpy(ls->addr_text.data, text, ls->addr_text.len);
-
-    ls->fd = (ngx_socket_t) -1;
-    ls->type = SOCK_STREAM;
-
-    switch (ls->sockaddr->sa_family) {
-#if (NGX_HAVE_INET6)
-    case AF_INET6:
-         ls->addr_text_max_len = NGX_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN;
-         break;
-#endif
-    case AF_INET:
-         ls->addr_text_max_len = NGX_INET_ADDRSTRLEN;
-         break;
-    default:
-         ls->addr_text_max_len = NGX_SOCKADDR_STRLEN;
-         break;
-    }
-
     ls->addr_ntop = 1;
 
     ls->handler = ngx_http_init_connection;