diff --git a/modules/auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning.rb b/modules/auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning.rb
index e60bac50ee..a103da49c0 100644
--- a/modules/auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning.rb
+++ b/modules/auxiliary/spoof/arp/arp_poisoning.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary
       raise RuntimeError ,'Source MAC is not in correct format' unless is_mac?(@smac)
 
       @sip = datastore['LOCALSIP']
-      @sip ||= Pcap.lookupaddrs(@interface)[0] if @netifaces
+      @sip ||= get_ipv4_addr(@interface)[0] if @netifaces
       raise "LOCALSIP is not defined and can not be guessed" unless @sip
       raise "LOCALSIP is not an ipv4 address" unless Rex::Socket.is_ipv4?(@sip)