diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index df546c7bdd..b5fed6c9fe 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ class QemuRunner:
             try:
                 if self.use_slirp:
                     tcp_ports = cmdline.split("hostfwd=tcp:")[1]
-                    tcp_ports = tcp_ports.split(":")[1]
+                    ip, tcp_ports = tcp_ports.split(":")[:2]
                     host_port = tcp_ports[:tcp_ports.find('-')]
-                    self.ip = "localhost:%s" % host_port
+                    self.ip = "%s:%s" % (ip, host_port)
                 else:
                     ips = re.findall(r"((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})", cmdline.split("ip=")[1])
                     self.ip = ips[0]