diff --git a/src/properties/peerlistwidget.cpp b/src/properties/peerlistwidget.cpp
index 290cbd993..6becc9774 100644
--- a/src/properties/peerlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/properties/peerlistwidget.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void PeerListWidget::loadPeers(const QTorrentHandle &h, bool force_hostname_reso
   for ( ; itr != itrend; ++itr) {
     peer_info peer = *itr;
     std::string ip_str = peer.ip.address().to_string(ec);
-    if (ec)
+    if (ec || ip_str.empty())
       continue;
     QString peer_ip = misc::toQString(ip_str);
     if (m_peerItems.contains(peer_ip)) {