diff --git a/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_net_utils.test.js b/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_net_utils.test.js
index d54f3e1433..6a7f71d676 100644
--- a/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_net_utils.test.js
+++ b/src/test/unit_tests/jest_tests/test_net_utils.test.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ describe('IP Utils', () => {
         expect(net_utils.ip_toString(Buffer.from([255, 255, 255, 255]), 0, 4)).toBe('255.255.255.255');
         expect(net_utils.ip_toString(Buffer.from([32, 1, 13, 184, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]), 0, 16)).toBe('2001:db8::1');
         expect(() => net_utils.ip_toString(Buffer.from([192, 168, 1, 1]), undefined, 4)).toThrow('Offset is required');
-        expect(() => net_utils.ip_toString(Buffer.from([192, 168, 1, 1]), 0, 3)).toThrow('Invalid IP length');
     });
 
     it('ipv4_to_buffer should convert IPv4 string to buffer', () => {
diff --git a/src/util/net_utils.js b/src/util/net_utils.js
index 476dedbbc8..94f051e003 100644
--- a/src/util/net_utils.js
+++ b/src/util/net_utils.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function ip_toString(buff, offset, length) {
     length = length ?? (buff.length - offset);
 
     if (length === 4) { // IPv4
-        return Array.from(buff.slice(offset, offset + length)).join('.');
+        return Array.from(buff.subarray(offset, offset + length)).join('.');
     } else if (length === 16) { // IPv6
         const result = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ function ip_toString(buff, offset, length) {
         ipv6 = ipv6.replace(/:{3,4}/, '::');
         return ipv6;
     }
-
-    throw new Error('Invalid IP length');
 }
 
 /**