diff --git a/plugins/ipam/k8s.go b/plugins/ipam/k8s.go
index edad637..7644bad 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/k8s.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/k8s.go
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ func NewK8sClient(namespace string, subnetNames []string) K8sClient {
 }
 
 func (k K8sClient) createIpamIP(ipaddr net.IP, mac net.HardwareAddr) error {
-	ip, err := ipamv1alpha1.IPAddrFromString(ipaddr.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to parse IP %s", ip)
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// select the subnet matching the CIDR of the request
 	subnetMatch := false
 	for _, subnetName := range k.SubnetNames {
@@ -90,7 +84,7 @@ func (k K8sClient) createIpamIP(ipaddr net.IP, mac net.HardwareAddr) error {
 		subnetMatch = true
 
 		var ipamIP *ipamv1alpha1.IP
-		ipamIP, err = k.prepareCreateIpamIP(subnetName, ipaddr, mac)
+		ipamIP, err := k.prepareCreateIpamIP(subnetName, ipaddr, mac)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -105,7 +99,7 @@ func (k K8sClient) createIpamIP(ipaddr net.IP, mac net.HardwareAddr) error {
 	}
 
 	if !subnetMatch {
-		log.Warningf("No matching subnet found for IP %s/%s", k.Namespace, ip)
+		log.Warningf("No matching subnet found for IP %s/%s", k.Namespace, ipaddr)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -138,6 +132,11 @@ func (k K8sClient) getMatchingSubnet(subnetName string, ipaddr net.IP) *ipamv1al
 
 func (k K8sClient) prepareCreateIpamIP(subnetName string, ipaddr net.IP, mac net.HardwareAddr) (*ipamv1alpha1.IP, error) {
 	ip, err := ipamv1alpha1.IPAddrFromString(ipaddr.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to parse IP %s", ipaddr)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// a lowercase RFC 1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and
 	// must start and end with an alphanumeric character.
 	// 2001:abcd:abcd::1 will become 2001-abcd-abcd-0000-0000-0000-0000-00001