diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming_windows.go
index 3d78d183bc8..151bd86066c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_streaming_windows.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 func (r *streamingRuntime) portForward(podSandboxID string, port int32, stream io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
 	stderr := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	err := r.exec(podSandboxID, []string{"wincat.exe", "localhost", fmt.Sprint(port)}, stream, stream, ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(stderr), false, nil, 0)
+	err := r.exec(podSandboxID, []string{"wincat.exe", "127.0.0.1", fmt.Sprint(port)}, stream, stream, ioutils.WriteCloserWrapper(stderr), false, nil, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v: %s", err, stderr.String())
 	}