diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationDataHttp.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationDataHttp.java
index 9d8ab42b467c9..75a752255769f 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationDataHttp.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationDataHttp.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.pulsar.broker.authentication;
 
+import io.netty.util.NetUtil;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ public AuthenticationDataHttp(HttpServletRequest request) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
         this.request = request;
-        this.remoteAddress = new InetSocketAddress(request.getRemoteAddr(), request.getRemotePort());
+        this.remoteAddress =
+                new InetSocketAddress(NetUtil.createInetAddressFromIpAddressString(request.getRemoteAddr()),
+                        request.getRemotePort());
     }
 
     /*