diff --git a/src/openvpn/dco_freebsd.c b/src/openvpn/dco_freebsd.c
index ee3a5d0..718cd8b 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/dco_freebsd.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/dco_freebsd.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    dco->fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+    dco->fd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
     if (dco->fd != -1)
     {
         dco->open = true;
@@ -715,9 +715,10 @@
      * loaded, or built into the kernel. */
     (void)kldload("if_ovpn");
 
-    fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+    fd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
     if (fd < 0)
     {
+        msg(M_WARN | M_ERRNO, "%s: socket() failed, disabling data channel offload", __func__);
         return false;
     }