diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
index 6fe7aabc81a..d12bccf4f1e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ func CanUseIPVSProxier(ipvs utilipvs.Interface, ipsetver IPSetVersioner, schedul
 	// from documentation is not unheard of, so the restriction to not use the TEST-NET-2 range
 	// must be documented.
 	vs := utilipvs.VirtualServer{
-		Address:   net.ParseIP("198.51.100.0"),
+		Address:   netutils.ParseIPSloppy("198.51.100.0"),
 		Protocol:  "TCP",
 		Port:      20000,
 		Scheduler: scheduler,