diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
index c52ad62b48..05b5edb5f4 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ jobject createInetSocketAddress(JNIEnv * env, struct sockaddr_storage addr) {
         port = ntohs(s->sin6_port);
         inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &s->sin6_addr, ipstr, sizeof ipstr);
     }
-    jobject socketAddr = (*env)->NewObject(env, inetSocketAddressClass, inetSocketAddrMethodId, ipstr, port);
+    jstring ipString = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, ipstr);
+    jobject socketAddr = (*env)->NewObject(env, inetSocketAddressClass, inetSocketAddrMethodId, ipString, port);
     return socketAddr;
 }