diff --git a/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc b/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
index 94f859c40..4d3d09179 100644
--- a/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
+++ b/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   ipv4.SetBase ("10.1.3.0", "255.255.255.0");
   ipv4.Allocate (dev0);
   ipv4.SetBase ("10.1.2.0", "255.255.255.0");
-  ipv4.Allocate (dev1);
+  Ipv4InterfaceContainer ipInterfs = ipv4.Allocate (dev1);
 
   // and setup ip routing tables to get total ip-level connectivity.
   GlobalRouteManager::PopulateRoutingTables ();
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   Ptr<Socket> localSocket = socketFactory->CreateSocket ();
   localSocket->Bind ();
   Simulator::ScheduleNow (&StartFlow, localSocket, nBytes,
-                          Ipv4Address ("10.1.2.2"), servPort);
+                          ipInterfs.GetAddress (1), servPort);
 
   // Configure tracing of all enqueue, dequeue, and NetDevice receive events
   // Trace output will be sent to the simple-examples.tr file