diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c b/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
index 58675462b967dc6eca03c94a998f1413d451a02f..eb4b2929daee36b65c300bcd13a78d870437fc40 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
@@ -753,19 +753,27 @@ static netif *enumInterfaces(JNIEnv *env) {
      * If IPv6 is available then enumerate IPv6 addresses.
      */
 #ifdef AF_INET6
-        sock =  openSocket(env, AF_INET6);
-        if (sock < 0 && (*env)->ExceptionOccurred(env)) {
-            freeif(ifs);
-            return NULL;
-        }
 
-        ifs = enumIPv6Interfaces(env, sock, ifs);
-        close(sock);
+        /* User can disable ipv6 expicitly by -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true,
+         * so we have to call ipv6_available()
+         */
+        if (ipv6_available()) {
 
-        if ((*env)->ExceptionOccurred(env)) {
-            freeif(ifs);
-            return NULL;
-        }
+           sock =  openSocket(env, AF_INET6);
+           if (sock < 0 && (*env)->ExceptionOccurred(env)) {
+               freeif(ifs);
+               return NULL;
+           }
+
+           ifs = enumIPv6Interfaces(env, sock, ifs);
+           close(sock);
+
+           if ((*env)->ExceptionOccurred(env)) {
+              freeif(ifs);
+              return NULL;
+           }
+
+       }
 #endif
 
     return ifs;
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/net/NetworkInterface/IPv4Only.java b/jdk/test/java/net/NetworkInterface/IPv4Only.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dcbfac1ac2e902ea3a858ecbf9a4cae4a8924e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/NetworkInterface/IPv4Only.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug   6964714
+ * @run main/othervm NetworkInterfaceV6List
+ * @summary Test the networkinterface listing with java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true.
+ */
+
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+
+public class IPv4Only {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv4Stack","true");
+
+        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> nifs = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+        while (nifs.hasMoreElements()) {
+            NetworkInterface nif = nifs.nextElement();
+            Enumeration<InetAddress> addrs = nif.getInetAddresses();
+            while (addrs.hasMoreElements()) {
+               InetAddress hostAddr = addrs.nextElement();
+               if ( hostAddr instanceof Inet6Address ){
+                    throw new RuntimeException( "NetworkInterfaceV6List failed - found v6 address " + hostAddr.getHostAddress() );
+               }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}