diff --git a/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c b/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
index f887bbc6319b91321130c0f3a258372f5912c9e0..68633db5a18fedc5caa1c5186a44d8faccf8585b 100644
--- a/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
+++ b/src/solaris/native/java/net/NetworkInterface.c
@@ -658,9 +658,9 @@ jobject createNetworkInterface(JNIEnv *env, netif *ifs) {
                     if (ia2Obj) {
                        setInetAddress_addr(env, ia2Obj, htonl(((struct sockaddr_in*)addrP->brdcast)->sin_addr.s_addr));
                        (*env)->SetObjectField(env, ibObj, ni_ib4broadcastID, ia2Obj);
-                       (*env)->SetShortField(env, ibObj, ni_ib4maskID, addrP->mask);
                     }
                  }
+                 (*env)->SetShortField(env, ibObj, ni_ib4maskID, addrP->mask);
                  (*env)->SetObjectArrayElement(env, bindArr, bind_index++, ibObj);
             }
         }
@@ -887,15 +887,12 @@ netif *addif(JNIEnv *env, int sock, const char * if_name,
     addrP->mask = prefix;
     addrP->next = 0;
     if (family == AF_INET) {
-      /*
-       * Deal with broadcast addr & subnet mask
-       */
+       // Deal with broadcast addr & subnet mask
        struct sockaddr * brdcast_to = (struct sockaddr *) ((char *) addrP + sizeof(netaddr) + addr_size);
        addrP->brdcast = getBroadcast(env, sock, name,  brdcast_to );
 
-       if (addrP->brdcast && (mask = getSubnet(env, sock, name)) != -1) {
+       if ((mask = getSubnet(env, sock, name)) != -1)
            addrP->mask = mask;
-       }
      }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/java/net/InterfaceAddress/NetworkPrefixLength.java b/test/java/net/InterfaceAddress/NetworkPrefixLength.java
index 211086e73988ed3bb2607579dcec3ec92a3b58e2..448973eb03c252264af8f873c07db4d5d0fa7971 100644
--- a/test/java/net/InterfaceAddress/NetworkPrefixLength.java
+++ b/test/java/net/InterfaceAddress/NetworkPrefixLength.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 /* @test
- * @bug 6707289
+ * @bug 6707289 7107883
  * @summary InterfaceAddress.getNetworkPrefixLength() does not conform to Javadoc
  */
 
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ public class NetworkPrefixLength {
                     passed = false;
                     debug(nic.getName(), iaddr);
                 }
+                InetAddress ia = iaddr.getAddress();
+                if (ia.isLoopbackAddress() && ia instanceof Inet4Address) {
+                    // assumption: prefix length will always be 8
+                    if (iaddr.getNetworkPrefixLength() != 8) {
+                        out.println("Expected prefix of 8, got " + iaddr);
+                        passed = false;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }