1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/netaddress.cpp b/src/netaddress.cpp
index 5ccbabd03d..778c2700f9 100644
--- a/src/netaddress.cpp
+++ b/src/netaddress.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ bool CNetAddr::GetInAddr(struct in_addr* pipv4Addr) const
 
 bool CNetAddr::GetIn6Addr(struct in6_addr* pipv6Addr) const
 {
+    if (!IsIPv6()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     memcpy(pipv6Addr, ip, 16);
     return true;
 }