diff --git a/jdk/test/java/net/Socks/SocksProxyVersion.java b/jdk/test/java/net/Socks/SocksProxyVersion.java
index bc46c423a09..27bd1872d40 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/net/Socks/SocksProxyVersion.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/Socks/SocksProxyVersion.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public class SocksProxyVersion implements Runnable {
     volatile boolean failed;
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (InetAddress.getLocalHost().isLoopbackAddress()) {
+            System.out.println("Test cannot run. getLocalHost returns a loopback address");
+            return;
+        }
         new SocksProxyVersion();
     }