diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RBackend.scala
index 3a2c94bd9d875..0a91977928cee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RBackend.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.api.r
 
 import java.io.{DataOutputStream, File, FileOutputStream, IOException}
-import java.net.{InetSocketAddress, ServerSocket}
+import java.net.{InetAddress, InetSocketAddress, ServerSocket}
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ private[spark] class RBackend {
       }
     })
 
-    channelFuture = bootstrap.bind(new InetSocketAddress(0))
+    channelFuture = bootstrap.bind(new InetSocketAddress("localhost", 0))
     channelFuture.syncUninterruptibly()
     channelFuture.channel().localAddress().asInstanceOf[InetSocketAddress].getPort()
   }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private[spark] object RBackend extends Logging {
     try {
       // bind to random port
       val boundPort = sparkRBackend.init()
-      val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 1)
+      val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 1, InetAddress.getByName("localhost"))
       val listenPort = serverSocket.getLocalPort()
 
       // tell the R process via temporary file
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RRDD.scala
index 6fea5e1144f2f..06247f7e8b78c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/r/RRDD.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.api.r
 
 import java.io._
-import java.net.ServerSocket
+import java.net.{InetAddress, ServerSocket}
 import java.util.{Map => JMap}
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private abstract class BaseRRDD[T: ClassTag, U: ClassTag](
     val parentIterator = firstParent[T].iterator(partition, context)
 
     // we expect two connections
-    val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 2)
+    val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 2, InetAddress.getByName("localhost"))
     val listenPort = serverSocket.getLocalPort()
 
     // The stdout/stderr is shared by multiple tasks, because we use one daemon
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ private[r] object RRDD {
       synchronized {
         if (daemonChannel == null) {
           // we expect one connections
-          val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 1)
+          val serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 1, InetAddress.getByName("localhost"))
           val daemonPort = serverSocket.getLocalPort
           errThread = createRProcess(rLibDir, daemonPort, "daemon.R")
           // the socket used to send out the input of task