diff --git a/src/libknot/zone/zonedb.c b/src/libknot/zone/zonedb.c
index 9cc8ccfba2bf2793cd18f02fb64bead5f5870345..c0192590e356e40829f4168a35d79ce0996696b9 100644
--- a/src/libknot/zone/zonedb.c
+++ b/src/libknot/zone/zonedb.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ knot_zone_t *knot_zonedb_find_zone(const knot_zonedb_t *db,
 	size_t klen = knot_dname_size(zone_name);
 	value_t *val = hattrie_tryget(db->zone_tree, key, klen);
 	if (!val) return NULL;
-	return (knot_zone_t *)val;
+	return (knot_zone_t *)*val;
 }
 
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