diff --git a/features/net/FEATURE_IPV4/lwip-interface/LWIPIPStack.cpp b/features/net/FEATURE_IPV4/lwip-interface/LWIPIPStack.cpp
index 76abe5694d..d6550e0191 100644
--- a/features/net/FEATURE_IPV4/lwip-interface/LWIPIPStack.cpp
+++ b/features/net/FEATURE_IPV4/lwip-interface/LWIPIPStack.cpp
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ const char * IPStackInterface::get_mac_address()
 
 const char * IPStackInterface::get_ip_address()
 {
-    return lwip_get_ip_address();
+    return lwip_get_ip_address(_ip_address, sizeof(_ip_address));
 }
diff --git a/features/net/network-socket/IPStackInterface.h b/features/net/network-socket/IPStackInterface.h
index a407c7448d..2a94d94415 100644
--- a/features/net/network-socket/IPStackInterface.h
+++ b/features/net/network-socket/IPStackInterface.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
      * @return IP address in "10.11.12.13" form
      */
     virtual const char *get_ip_address();
+private:
+    char _ip_address[16]; //IPv4
 };
 
 #endif /* IP_STACK_INTERFACE_H */