diff --git a/p2p/enode/nodedb.go b/p2p/enode/nodedb.go
index 643fbe5711..d62f383f0b 100644
--- a/p2p/enode/nodedb.go
+++ b/p2p/enode/nodedb.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ const (
 	dbVersion        = 9
 )
 
+var (
+	errInvalidIP = errors.New("invalid IP")
+)
+
 var zeroIP = make(net.IP, 16)
 
 // DB is the node database, storing previously seen nodes and any collected metadata about
@@ -359,16 +363,25 @@ func (db *DB) expireNodes() {
 // LastPingReceived retrieves the time of the last ping packet received from
 // a remote node.
 func (db *DB) LastPingReceived(id ID, ip net.IP) time.Time {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
 	return time.Unix(db.fetchInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodePing)), 0)
 }
 
 // UpdateLastPingReceived updates the last time we tried contacting a remote node.
 func (db *DB) UpdateLastPingReceived(id ID, ip net.IP, instance time.Time) error {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return errInvalidIP
+	}
 	return db.storeInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodePing), instance.Unix())
 }
 
 // LastPongReceived retrieves the time of the last successful pong from remote node.
 func (db *DB) LastPongReceived(id ID, ip net.IP) time.Time {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
 	// Launch expirer
 	db.ensureExpirer()
 	return time.Unix(db.fetchInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodePong)), 0)
@@ -376,26 +389,41 @@ func (db *DB) LastPongReceived(id ID, ip net.IP) time.Time {
 
 // UpdateLastPongReceived updates the last pong time of a node.
 func (db *DB) UpdateLastPongReceived(id ID, ip net.IP, instance time.Time) error {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return errInvalidIP
+	}
 	return db.storeInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodePong), instance.Unix())
 }
 
 // FindFails retrieves the number of findnode failures since bonding.
 func (db *DB) FindFails(id ID, ip net.IP) int {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
 	return int(db.fetchInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodeFindFails)))
 }
 
 // UpdateFindFails updates the number of findnode failures since bonding.
 func (db *DB) UpdateFindFails(id ID, ip net.IP, fails int) error {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return errInvalidIP
+	}
 	return db.storeInt64(nodeItemKey(id, ip, dbNodeFindFails), int64(fails))
 }
 
 // FindFailsV5 retrieves the discv5 findnode failure counter.
 func (db *DB) FindFailsV5(id ID, ip net.IP) int {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
 	return int(db.fetchInt64(v5Key(id, ip, dbNodeFindFails)))
 }
 
 // UpdateFindFailsV5 stores the discv5 findnode failure counter.
 func (db *DB) UpdateFindFailsV5(id ID, ip net.IP, fails int) error {
+	if ip = ip.To16(); ip == nil {
+		return errInvalidIP
+	}
 	return db.storeInt64(v5Key(id, ip, dbNodeFindFails), int64(fails))
 }