diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-issue-58103.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-issue-58103.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1599af23fedc1811a4269a24dacd77c16e56bd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-issue-58103.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Properly handle multiple X-Forwarded-For addresses in runner IP
+merge_request: 25511
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers/runner.rb b/lib/api/helpers/runner.rb
index 16df8e830e15986011a8839b9aa3a0215bbebf59..ff73a49d5e8c83df49cda2fb94149f2af2afeb1d 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers/runner.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module API
       end
 
       def get_runner_ip
-        { ip_address: request.env["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] || request.ip }
+        { ip_address: env["action_dispatch.remote_ip"].to_s || request.ip }
       end
 
       def current_runner
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/runner_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/runner_spec.rb
index d7ddd97e8c80c34ed3434c5aa03837d8c1498076..91981f7c56a1d49901e09bffd740b672f89d0799 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/runner_spec.rb
@@ -526,6 +526,15 @@ describe API::Runner, :clean_gitlab_redis_shared_state do
             expect(runner.reload.ip_address).to eq('123.222.123.222')
           end
 
+          it "handles multiple X-Forwarded-For addresses" do
+            post api('/jobs/request'),
+              params: { token: runner.token },
+              headers: { 'User-Agent' => user_agent, 'X-Forwarded-For' => '123.222.123.222, 127.0.0.1' }
+
+            expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status 201
+            expect(runner.reload.ip_address).to eq('123.222.123.222')
+          end
+
           context 'when concurrently updating a job' do
             before do
               expect_any_instance_of(Ci::Build).to receive(:run!)