diff --git a/gio/src/inet_address.rs b/gio/src/inet_address.rs
index 86ea89ee1a33..e5d413accf98 100644
--- a/gio/src/inet_address.rs
+++ b/gio/src/inet_address.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Take a look at the license at the top of the repository in the LICENSE file.
 
-use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
+use std::net::IpAddr;
 
 use glib::{prelude::*, translate::*};
 
@@ -80,16 +80,33 @@ impl From<IpAddr> for InetAddress {
 
 impl From<InetAddress> for IpAddr {
     fn from(addr: InetAddress) -> Self {
-        let size = addr.native_size();
-        unsafe {
-            let bytes = ffi::g_inet_address_to_bytes(addr.to_glib_none().0);
-            if size == 4 {
-                Self::V4(Ipv4Addr::from(*(bytes as *const [u8; 4])))
-            } else if size == 16 {
-                Self::V6(Ipv6Addr::from(*(bytes as *const [u16; 8])))
-            } else {
-                panic!("Unknown IP kind");
-            }
+        match addr.to_bytes() {
+            Some(InetAddressBytes::V4(bytes)) => IpAddr::from(*bytes),
+            Some(InetAddressBytes::V6(bytes)) => IpAddr::from(*bytes),
+            None => panic!("Unknown IP kind"),
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::net::IpAddr;
+
+    use crate::InetAddress;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ipv6_to_rust() {
+        let rust_addr = "2606:50c0:8000::153".parse::<IpAddr>().unwrap();
+        assert!(rust_addr.is_ipv6());
+        let gio_addr = InetAddress::from(rust_addr);
+        assert_eq!(rust_addr, IpAddr::from(gio_addr));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ipv4_to_rust() {
+        let rust_addr = "185.199.108.153".parse::<IpAddr>().unwrap();
+        assert!(rust_addr.is_ipv4());
+        let gio_addr = InetAddress::from(rust_addr);
+        assert_eq!(rust_addr, IpAddr::from(gio_addr));
+    }
+}