diff --git a/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup.go b/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup.go
index 6debead9a38..c39794c919b 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup.go
@@ -32,27 +32,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CleanStaleEntries takes care of flushing stale conntrack entries for services and endpoints.
-func CleanStaleEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap,
+func CleanStaleEntries(ct Interface, ipFamily v1.IPFamily, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap,
 	serviceUpdateResult proxy.UpdateServiceMapResult, endpointsUpdateResult proxy.UpdateEndpointsMapResult) {
-	deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct, svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointsUpdateResult)
-	deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries(ct, svcPortMap, endpointsUpdateResult)
+	deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct, ipFamily, svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointsUpdateResult)
+	deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries(ct, ipFamily, svcPortMap, endpointsUpdateResult)
 }
 
 // deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries takes care of flushing stale conntrack entries related
 // to UDP Service IPs. When a service has no endpoints and we drop traffic to it, conntrack
 // may create "black hole" entries for that IP+port. When the service gets endpoints we
 // need to delete those entries so further traffic doesn't get dropped.
-func deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap, serviceUpdateResult proxy.UpdateServiceMapResult, endpointsUpdateResult proxy.UpdateEndpointsMapResult) {
+func deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct Interface, ipFamily v1.IPFamily, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap, serviceUpdateResult proxy.UpdateServiceMapResult, endpointsUpdateResult proxy.UpdateEndpointsMapResult) {
 	var filters []netlink.CustomConntrackFilter
 	conntrackCleanupServiceIPs := serviceUpdateResult.DeletedUDPClusterIPs
 	conntrackCleanupServiceNodePorts := sets.New[int]()
-	isIPv6 := false
 
 	// merge newly active services gathered from endpointsUpdateResult
 	// a UDP service that changes from 0 to non-0 endpoints is newly active.
 	for _, svcPortName := range endpointsUpdateResult.NewlyActiveUDPServices {
 		if svcInfo, ok := svcPortMap[svcPortName]; ok {
-			isIPv6 = netutils.IsIPv6(svcInfo.ClusterIP())
 			klog.V(4).InfoS("Newly-active UDP service may have stale conntrack entries", "servicePortName", svcPortName)
 			conntrackCleanupServiceIPs.Insert(svcInfo.ClusterIP().String())
 			for _, extIP := range svcInfo.ExternalIPs() {
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ func deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePo
 		filters = append(filters, filterForPort(nodePort, v1.ProtocolUDP))
 	}
 
-	if err := ct.ClearEntries(getUnixIPFamily(isIPv6), filters...); err != nil {
+	if err := ct.ClearEntries(ipFamilyMap[ipFamily], filters...); err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to delete stale service connections")
 	}
 }
@@ -85,12 +83,10 @@ func deleteStaleServiceConntrackEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePo
 // deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries takes care of flushing stale conntrack entries related
 // to UDP endpoints. After a UDP endpoint is removed we must flush any conntrack entries
 // for it so that if the same client keeps sending, the packets will get routed to a new endpoint.
-func deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap, endpointsUpdateResult proxy.UpdateEndpointsMapResult) {
+func deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries(ct Interface, ipFamily v1.IPFamily, svcPortMap proxy.ServicePortMap, endpointsUpdateResult proxy.UpdateEndpointsMapResult) {
 	var filters []netlink.CustomConntrackFilter
-	isIPv6 := false
 	for _, epSvcPair := range endpointsUpdateResult.DeletedUDPEndpoints {
 		if svcInfo, ok := svcPortMap[epSvcPair.ServicePortName]; ok {
-			isIPv6 = netutils.IsIPv6(svcInfo.ClusterIP())
 			endpointIP := proxyutil.IPPart(epSvcPair.Endpoint)
 			nodePort := svcInfo.NodePort()
 			if nodePort != 0 {
@@ -107,17 +103,15 @@ func deleteStaleEndpointConntrackEntries(ct Interface, svcPortMap proxy.ServiceP
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := ct.ClearEntries(getUnixIPFamily(isIPv6), filters...); err != nil {
+	if err := ct.ClearEntries(ipFamilyMap[ipFamily], filters...); err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to delete stale endpoint connections")
 	}
 }
 
-// getUnixIPFamily returns the unix IPFamily constant.
-func getUnixIPFamily(isIPv6 bool) uint8 {
-	if isIPv6 {
-		return unix.AF_INET6
-	}
-	return unix.AF_INET
+// ipFamilyMap maps v1.IPFamily to the corresponding unix constant.
+var ipFamilyMap = map[v1.IPFamily]uint8{
+	v1.IPv4Protocol: unix.AF_INET,
+	v1.IPv6Protocol: unix.AF_INET6,
 }
 
 // protocolMap maps v1.Protocol to the Assigned Internet Protocol Number.
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup_test.go b/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup_test.go
index e17961050dd..134f4d724d1 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/conntrack/cleanup_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	testIPFamily       = v1.IPv4Protocol
 	testClusterIP      = "172.30.1.1"
 	testExternalIP     = "192.168.99.100"
 	testLoadBalancerIP = "1.2.3.4"
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ func TestCleanStaleEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
 			fake := NewFake()
-			CleanStaleEntries(fake, svcPortMap, tc.serviceUpdates, tc.endpointsUpdates)
+			CleanStaleEntries(fake, testIPFamily, svcPortMap, tc.serviceUpdates, tc.endpointsUpdates)
 			if !fake.ClearedIPs.Equal(tc.result.ClearedIPs) {
 				t.Errorf("Expected ClearedIPs=%v, got %v", tc.result.ClearedIPs, fake.ClearedIPs)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
index a87c70ec4ae..9ff20521f5a 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules() {
 	}
 
 	// Finish housekeeping, clear stale conntrack entries for UDP Services
-	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
+	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.ipFamily, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
 }
 
 func (proxier *Proxier) writeServiceToEndpointRules(natRules proxyutil.LineBuffer, svcPortNameString string, svcInfo proxy.ServicePort, svcChain utiliptables.Chain, endpoints []proxy.Endpoint, args []string) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
index 8c9f8ff02da..2378c075ee0 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules() {
 	metrics.SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal.WithLabelValues("external").Set(float64(proxier.serviceNoLocalEndpointsExternal.Len()))
 
 	// Finish housekeeping, clear stale conntrack entries for UDP Services
-	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
+	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.ipFamily, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
 }
 
 // writeIptablesRules write all iptables rules to proxier.natRules or proxier.FilterRules that ipvs proxier needed
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
index 7da83173ecc..7c419b9c54e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules() {
 	}
 
 	// Finish housekeeping, clear stale conntrack entries for UDP Services
-	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
+	conntrack.CleanStaleEntries(proxier.conntrack, proxier.ipFamily, proxier.svcPortMap, serviceUpdateResult, endpointUpdateResult)
 }
 
 func (proxier *Proxier) writeServiceToEndpointRules(tx *knftables.Transaction, svcInfo *servicePortInfo, svcChain string, endpoints []proxy.Endpoint) {