diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
index 2a6d363763a2..f18ca02aa95a 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ const struct cred *dns_resolver_cache;
 static int
 dns_resolver_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
 {
-	const struct dns_server_list_v1_header *v1;
-	const struct dns_payload_header *bin;
 	struct user_key_payload *upayload;
 	unsigned long derrno;
 	int ret;
@@ -103,27 +101,28 @@ dns_resolver_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (data[0] == 0) {
+		const struct dns_server_list_v1_header *v1;
+
 		/* It may be a server list. */
-		if (datalen <= sizeof(*bin))
+		if (datalen <= sizeof(*v1))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		bin = (const struct dns_payload_header *)data;
-		kenter("[%u,%u],%u", bin->content, bin->version, datalen);
-		if (bin->content != DNS_PAYLOAD_IS_SERVER_LIST) {
+		v1 = (const struct dns_server_list_v1_header *)data;
+		kenter("[%u,%u],%u", v1->hdr.content, v1->hdr.version, datalen);
+		if (v1->hdr.content != DNS_PAYLOAD_IS_SERVER_LIST) {
 			pr_warn_ratelimited(
 				"dns_resolver: Unsupported content type (%u)\n",
-				bin->content);
+				v1->hdr.content);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		if (bin->version != 1) {
+		if (v1->hdr.version != 1) {
 			pr_warn_ratelimited(
 				"dns_resolver: Unsupported server list version (%u)\n",
-				bin->version);
+				v1->hdr.version);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		v1 = (const struct dns_server_list_v1_header *)bin;
 		if ((v1->status != DNS_LOOKUP_GOOD &&
 		     v1->status != DNS_LOOKUP_GOOD_WITH_BAD)) {
 			if (prep->expiry == TIME64_MAX)