diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
index 0f7968fb90..496d4aef1d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
@@ -565,7 +565,12 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) setup(selector map[string]string) {
 		}
 	}
 	config.ClusterIP = config.NodePortService.Spec.ClusterIP
-	config.NodeIP = config.ExternalAddrs[0]
+	if len(config.ExternalAddrs) != 0 {
+		config.NodeIP = config.ExternalAddrs[0]
+	} else {
+		internalAddrs := NodeAddresses(nodeList, v1.NodeInternalIP)
+		config.NodeIP = internalAddrs[0]
+	}
 }
 
 func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) cleanup() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/networking.go b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
index 3234908385..6f27c37936 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(http) %v --> %v:%v (config.clusterIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterHttpPort))
 			config.DialFromTestContainer("http", config.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterHttpPort, config.MaxTries, 0, config.EndpointHostnames())
 
-			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(http) %v --> %v:%v (nodeIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.ExternalAddrs[0], config.NodeHttpPort))
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(http) %v --> %v:%v (nodeIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.NodeIP, config.NodeHttpPort))
 			config.DialFromTestContainer("http", config.NodeIP, config.NodeHttpPort, config.MaxTries, 0, config.EndpointHostnames())
 		})
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(udp) %v --> %v:%v (config.clusterIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterUdpPort))
 			config.DialFromTestContainer("udp", config.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterUdpPort, config.MaxTries, 0, config.EndpointHostnames())
 
-			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(udp) %v --> %v:%v (nodeIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.ExternalAddrs[0], config.NodeUdpPort))
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(udp) %v --> %v:%v (nodeIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.NodeIP, config.NodeUdpPort))
 			config.DialFromTestContainer("udp", config.NodeIP, config.NodeUdpPort, config.MaxTries, 0, config.EndpointHostnames())
 		})