diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index f9d8a6dbfe31ff8c9b566cac37d26c2add68d91f..dbcfc41d2b9cbeeb5ecd84d8436da8c5988fda9a 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ entry_connection_new(int type, int socket_family)
   tor_assert(type == CONN_TYPE_AP);
   connection_init(time(NULL), ENTRY_TO_CONN(entry_conn), type, socket_family);
   entry_conn->socks_request = socks_request_new();
+  /* If this is coming from a listener, we'll set it up based on the listener
+   * in a little while.  Otherwise, we're doing this as a linked connection
+   * of some kind, and we should set it up here based on the socket family */
+  if (socket_family == AF_INET)
+    entry_conn->ipv4_traffic_ok = 1;
+  else if (socket_family == AF_INET6)
+    entry_conn->ipv6_traffic_ok = 1;
   return entry_conn;
 }