diff --git a/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/main/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractor.java b/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/main/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractor.java
index 5b49477..77d8dfa 100644
--- a/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/main/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractor.java
+++ b/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/main/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractor.java
@@ -72,14 +72,16 @@ Attributes extract(MutableSpan braveSpan) {
     // will be rewritten into multiple single-host Stackdriver spans. A client send
     // trace might not show the final destination.
     if (braveSpan.localServiceName() != null && braveSpan.kind() == Span.Kind.SERVER) {
-      // Create an IP without querying DNS
-      InetAddress ip = InetAddresses.forString(braveSpan.localIp());
-      if (ip instanceof Inet4Address) {
-        attributes.putAttributeMap(
-            getLabelName("endpoint.ipv4"), toAttributeValue(ip.getHostAddress()));
-      } else if (ip instanceof Inet6Address) {
-        attributes.putAttributeMap(
-            getLabelName("endpoint.ipv6"), toAttributeValue(ip.getHostAddress()));
+      if (braveSpan.localIp() != null) {
+        // Create an IP without querying DNS
+        InetAddress ip = InetAddresses.forString(braveSpan.localIp());
+        if (ip instanceof Inet4Address) {
+          attributes.putAttributeMap(
+              getLabelName("endpoint.ipv4"), toAttributeValue(ip.getHostAddress()));
+        } else if (ip instanceof Inet6Address) {
+          attributes.putAttributeMap(
+              getLabelName("endpoint.ipv6"), toAttributeValue(ip.getHostAddress()));
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/test/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractorTest.java b/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/test/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractorTest.java
index e1b403e..b023f87 100644
--- a/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/test/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractorTest.java
+++ b/encoder-stackdriver-brave/src/test/java/zipkin2/reporter/stackdriver/brave/AttributesExtractorTest.java
@@ -124,6 +124,32 @@ class AttributesExtractorTest {
     assertThat(clientLabels).doesNotContainKeys("endpoint.ipv4", "endpoint.ipv6");
   }
 
+  @Test void testEndpointIsNotSetForNullLocalIp() {
+    AttributesExtractor extractor = new AttributesExtractor(Tags.ERROR, Collections.emptyMap());
+
+    MutableSpan serverSpan =
+            new MutableSpan(TraceContext.newBuilder().traceId(4).spanId(5).build(), null);
+    serverSpan.name("test-span");
+    serverSpan.kind(Span.Kind.SERVER);
+    serverSpan.localServiceName("service1");
+    serverSpan.localIp(null);
+    serverSpan.localPort(80);
+
+    MutableSpan clientSpan =
+            new MutableSpan(TraceContext.newBuilder().traceId(4).parentId(5).spanId(6).build(), null);
+    clientSpan.name("test-span");
+    clientSpan.kind(Span.Kind.CLIENT);
+    clientSpan.localServiceName("service1");
+    clientSpan.localIp("::1");
+    clientSpan.localPort(80);
+
+    Map<String, AttributeValue> serverLabels = extractor.extract(serverSpan).getAttributeMapMap();
+    assertThat(serverLabels).doesNotContainKey("endpoint.ipv4");
+    assertThat(serverLabels).doesNotContainKey("endpoint.ipv6");
+    Map<String, AttributeValue> clientLabels = extractor.extract(clientSpan).getAttributeMapMap();
+    assertThat(clientLabels).doesNotContainKeys("endpoint.ipv4", "endpoint.ipv6");
+  }
+
   @Test void testErrorTag() {
     AttributesExtractor extractor = new AttributesExtractor(Tags.ERROR, Collections.emptyMap());