diff --git a/src/addr.rs b/src/addr.rs
index 033ecc6..056138c 100644
--- a/src/addr.rs
+++ b/src/addr.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl UnixSocketAddr {
         let mut addr: sockaddr_un = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
         addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX as sa_family_t;
         UnixSocketAddr {
-            len: mem::size_of::<sa_family_t>() as socklen_t,
+            len: path_offset(),
             addr,
         }
     }
@@ -672,16 +672,17 @@ impl UnixSocketAddr {
         } else if addr.is_null() {
             Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "addr is NULL"))
         } else if len < path_offset() {
-            Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "address length is too low"))
-        } else if len > path_offset() + mem::size_of_val(&copy.addr.sun_path) as socklen_t {
+            Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "address length is too short"))
+        } else if len > mem::size_of::<sockaddr_un>() as socklen_t {
             Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, TOO_LONG_DESC))
         } else if (&*addr).sa_family != AF_UNIX as sa_family_t {
             Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, "not an unix socket address"))
         } else {
             let addr = addr as *const sockaddr_un;
             let sun_path_ptr = (&*addr).sun_path.as_ptr();
-            let sun_path = slice::from_raw_parts(sun_path_ptr, len as usize);
-            copy.addr.sun_path.copy_from_slice(sun_path);
+            let path_len = (len - path_offset()) as usize;
+            let sun_path = slice::from_raw_parts(sun_path_ptr, path_len);
+            copy.addr.sun_path[..path_len].copy_from_slice(sun_path);
             copy.len = len;
             Ok(copy)
         }
diff --git a/tests/addr.rs b/tests/addr.rs
index 7c06cf9..f3a41c0 100644
--- a/tests/addr.rs
+++ b/tests/addr.rs
@@ -339,3 +339,87 @@ fn datagram_peek_vectored() {
     std::fs::remove_file("datagram_server.sock").unwrap();
     let _ = std::fs::remove_file("datagram_client.sock");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn from_raw_path() {
+    let path_addr = UnixSocketAddr::from_path("a/path.sock").unwrap();
+    let a = unsafe {
+        let (raw_addr, raw_len) = path_addr.as_raw();
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len)
+    }.expect("from_raw() accepts from_path()");
+    assert_eq!(a, path_addr);
+    assert!(a.is_path());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn from_raw_max_len_path() {
+    let path = "R".repeat(UnixSocketAddr::max_path_len());
+    let path_addr = UnixSocketAddr::from_path(path.as_str()).unwrap();
+    let a = unsafe {
+        let (raw_addr, raw_len) = path_addr.as_raw();
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len)
+    }.expect("from_path() is valid");
+    assert_eq!(a, path_addr);
+    assert!(a.is_path());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn from_raw_too_long_path() {
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct TooLong {
+        fam: libc::sa_family_t,
+        path: [u8; 300],
+    }
+    let path_addr = TooLong {
+        fam: libc::AF_UNIX as libc::sa_family_t,
+        path: [b'o'; 300],
+    };
+    unsafe {
+        let raw_addr = &path_addr as *const TooLong as *const sockaddr;
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr, size_of::<TooLong>() as _)
+    }.expect_err("too long");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn from_raw_empty() {
+    let unspecified_addr = UnixSocketAddr::new_unspecified();
+    let (raw_addr, raw_len) = unspecified_addr.as_raw();
+    let a = unsafe {
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len)
+    }.expect("from_raw() accepts new_unspecified()");
+    assert_eq!(a, unspecified_addr);
+    assert!(a.is_unnamed());
+
+    if !UnixSocketAddr::has_abstract_addresses() {
+        let a = unsafe {
+            UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len+10)
+        }.expect("from_raw() accepts extra NULs");
+        assert_eq!(a, unspecified_addr);
+        assert!(a.is_unnamed());
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(target_os="linux", target_os="android"))]
+#[test]
+fn from_raw_abstract() {
+    let abstract_addr = UnixSocketAddr::from_abstract(b"aa!").unwrap();
+    let a = unsafe {
+        let (raw_addr, raw_len) = abstract_addr.as_raw();
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len)
+    }.expect("from_raw() accepts from_abstract()");
+    assert_eq!(a, abstract_addr);
+    assert!(a.is_abstract());
+
+    let max_abstract = "l".repeat(UnixSocketAddr::max_abstract_len());
+    let abstract_addr = UnixSocketAddr::from_abstract(max_abstract.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    let (raw_addr, raw_len) = abstract_addr.as_raw();
+    let a = unsafe {
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len)
+    }.expect("from_raw() accepts longest abstract");
+    assert_eq!(a, abstract_addr);
+    assert!(a.is_abstract());
+
+    unsafe {
+        UnixSocketAddr::from_raw(raw_addr as *const sockaddr_un as *const sockaddr, raw_len+1)
+    }.expect_err("from_raw() rejects too long abstract");
+}