diff --git a/librpc/idl/winbind.idl b/librpc/idl/winbind.idl
index 258dd284ad5..a2bc81a9333 100644
--- a/librpc/idl/winbind.idl
+++ b/librpc/idl/winbind.idl
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ interface winbind
 	);
 
     typedef struct {
-	id_type type;
+	id_type type_hint;
 	uint32 domain_index;
 	uint32 rid;
 	unixid xid;
diff --git a/source3/winbindd/wb_sids2xids.c b/source3/winbindd/wb_sids2xids.c
index e6698f94789..ff2135b4b50 100644
--- a/source3/winbindd/wb_sids2xids.c
+++ b/source3/winbindd/wb_sids2xids.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void wb_sids2xids_lookupsids_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
 
 		sid_copy(&dom_sid, sid);
 		sid_split_rid(&dom_sid, &t->rid);
-		t->type = lsa_SidType_to_id_type(n->sid_type);
+		t->type_hint = lsa_SidType_to_id_type(n->sid_type);
 		domain_index = init_lsa_ref_domain_list(
 			state, &state->idmap_doms, domain_name, &dom_sid);
 		if (domain_index == -1) {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void wb_sids2xids_lookupsids_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
 		t->domain_index = domain_index;
 
 		t->xid.id = UINT32_MAX;
-		t->xid.type = t->type;
+		t->xid.type = ID_TYPE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
 	}
 
 	TALLOC_FREE(names);
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ static void wb_sids2xids_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
 
 	for (i=0; i<dst->num_ids; i++) {
 		if (dst->ids[i].domain_index == state->dom_index) {
-			dst->ids[i].type = src->ids[src_idx].type;
 			dst->ids[i].xid  = src->ids[src_idx].xid;
 			src_idx += 1;
 		}
diff --git a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual_srv.c b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual_srv.c
index b8694db3db9..6348f9caeed 100644
--- a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual_srv.c
+++ b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual_srv.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ NTSTATUS _wbint_Sids2UnixIDs(struct pipes_struct *p,
 
 		sid_compose(m->sid, d->sid, ids[i].rid);
 		m->status = ID_UNKNOWN;
-		m->xid = (struct unixid) { .type = ids[i].type };
+		m->xid = (struct unixid) { .type = ids[i].type_hint };
 	}
 
 	status = dom->methods->sids_to_unixids(dom, id_map_ptrs);