diff --git a/daemon/network.go b/daemon/network.go
index 8e4687e121..d9eea4e314 100644
--- a/daemon/network.go
+++ b/daemon/network.go
@@ -751,9 +751,13 @@ func buildIPAMResources(nw *libnetwork.Network) networktypes.IPAM {
 				if info.IPAMData.Pool == nil {
 					continue
 				}
+				var gw string
+				if info.IPAMData.Gateway != nil {
+					gw = info.IPAMData.Gateway.IP.String()
+				}
 				ipamConfig = append(ipamConfig, networktypes.IPAMConfig{
 					Subnet:  info.IPAMData.Pool.String(),
-					Gateway: info.IPAMData.Gateway.String(),
+					Gateway: gw,
 				})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/integration/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go b/integration/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
index d3c79d37f5..da2c3d2412 100644
--- a/integration/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
+++ b/integration/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestDaemonDefaultBridgeIPAM_Docker0(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expIPAMConfig: []network.IPAMConfig{
 				{Subnet: "192.168.176.0/24", Gateway: "192.168.176.1"},
-				{Subnet: "fdd1:8161:2d2c::/64", Gateway: "fdd1:8161:2d2c::1/64"},
+				{Subnet: "fdd1:8161:2d2c::/64", Gateway: "fdd1:8161:2d2c::1"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/integration/networking/bridge_linux_test.go b/integration/networking/bridge_linux_test.go
index 1e084b92ec..bcf2750f3f 100644
--- a/integration/networking/bridge_linux_test.go
+++ b/integration/networking/bridge_linux_test.go
@@ -1542,3 +1542,21 @@ func TestAdvertiseAddresses(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestNetworkInspectGateway checks that gateways reported in inspect output are parseable as addresses.
+func TestNetworkInspectGateway(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := setupTest(t)
+	c := testEnv.APIClient()
+
+	const netName = "test-inspgw"
+	nid, err := network.Create(ctx, c, netName, network.WithIPv6())
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	defer network.RemoveNoError(ctx, t, c, netName)
+
+	insp, err := c.NetworkInspect(ctx, nid, networktypes.InspectOptions{})
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	for _, ipamCfg := range insp.IPAM.Config {
+		_, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipamCfg.Gateway)
+		assert.Check(t, err)
+	}
+}