diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/IpPrefix.java b/framework/src/android/net/IpPrefix.java
index d2ee7d1..bf4481a 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/IpPrefix.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/IpPrefix.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         // first statement in constructor". We could factor out setting the member variables to an
         // init() method, but if we did, then we'd have to make the members non-final, or "error:
         // cannot assign a value to final variable address". So we just duplicate the code here.
-        Pair<InetAddress, Integer> ipAndMask = NetworkUtils.parseIpAndMask(prefix);
+        Pair<InetAddress, Integer> ipAndMask = NetworkUtils.legacyParseIpAndMask(prefix);
         this.address = ipAndMask.first.getAddress();
         this.prefixLength = ipAndMask.second;
         checkAndMaskAddressAndPrefixLength();
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/LinkAddress.java b/framework/src/android/net/LinkAddress.java
index d1bdaa0..d48b8c7 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/LinkAddress.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/LinkAddress.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
     public LinkAddress(@NonNull String address, int flags, int scope) {
         // This may throw an IllegalArgumentException; catching it is the caller's responsibility.
         // TODO: consider rejecting mapped IPv4 addresses such as "::ffff:192.0.2.5/24".
-        Pair<InetAddress, Integer> ipAndMask = NetworkUtils.parseIpAndMask(address);
+        Pair<InetAddress, Integer> ipAndMask = NetworkUtils.legacyParseIpAndMask(address);
         init(ipAndMask.first, ipAndMask.second, flags, scope, LIFETIME_UNKNOWN, LIFETIME_UNKNOWN);
     }
 
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkUtils.java b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkUtils.java
index 9e42bbe..c0f2628 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkUtils.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@
     @Deprecated
     public static InetAddress numericToInetAddress(String addrString)
             throws IllegalArgumentException {
-        return InetAddress.parseNumericAddress(addrString);
+        return InetAddresses.parseNumericAddress(addrString);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@
         try {
             String[] pieces = ipAndMaskString.split("/", 2);
             prefixLength = Integer.parseInt(pieces[1]);
-            address = InetAddress.parseNumericAddress(pieces[0]);
+            address = InetAddresses.parseNumericAddress(pieces[0]);
         } catch (NullPointerException e) {            // Null string.
         } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {  // No prefix length.
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {           // Non-numeric prefix.
@@ -249,6 +251,47 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Utility method to parse strings such as "192.0.2.5/24" or "2001:db8::cafe:d00d/64".
+     * @hide
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method is used only for IpPrefix and LinkAddress. Since Android S, use
+     *             {@link #parseIpAndMask(String)}, if possible.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public static Pair<InetAddress, Integer> legacyParseIpAndMask(String ipAndMaskString) {
+        InetAddress address = null;
+        int prefixLength = -1;
+        try {
+            String[] pieces = ipAndMaskString.split("/", 2);
+            prefixLength = Integer.parseInt(pieces[1]);
+            if (pieces[0] == null || pieces[0].isEmpty()) {
+                final byte[] bytes = new byte[16];
+                bytes[15] = 1;
+                return new Pair<InetAddress, Integer>(Inet6Address.getByAddress(
+                        "ip6-localhost"/* host */, bytes, 0 /* scope_id */), prefixLength);
+            }
+
+            if (pieces[0].startsWith("[")
+                    && pieces[0].endsWith("]")
+                    && pieces[0].indexOf(':') != -1) {
+                pieces[0] = pieces[0].substring(1, pieces[0].length() - 1);
+            }
+            address = InetAddresses.parseNumericAddress(pieces[0]);
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {            // Null string.
+        } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {  // No prefix length.
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {           // Non-numeric prefix.
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {        // Invalid IP address.
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {            // IP address length is illegal
+        }
+
+        if (address == null || prefixLength == -1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid IP address and mask " + ipAndMaskString);
+        }
+
+        return new Pair<InetAddress, Integer>(address, prefixLength);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Convert a 32 char hex string into a Inet6Address.
      * throws a runtime exception if the string isn't 32 chars, isn't hex or can't be
      * made into an Inet6Address
diff --git a/tests/net/common/java/android/net/IpPrefixTest.java b/tests/net/common/java/android/net/IpPrefixTest.java
index 9c0fc7c..50ecb42 100644
--- a/tests/net/common/java/android/net/IpPrefixTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/common/java/android/net/IpPrefixTest.java
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@
             p = new IpPrefix("f00:::/32");
             fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException: invalid IPv6 address");
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) { }
+
+        p = new IpPrefix("/64");
+        assertEquals("::/64", p.toString());
+
+        p = new IpPrefix("/128");
+        assertEquals("::1/128", p.toString());
+
+        p = new IpPrefix("[2001:db8::123]/64");
+        assertEquals("2001:db8::/64", p.toString());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/tests/net/common/java/android/net/LinkAddressTest.java b/tests/net/common/java/android/net/LinkAddressTest.java
index 1eaf30c..2cf3cf9 100644
--- a/tests/net/common/java/android/net/LinkAddressTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/common/java/android/net/LinkAddressTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InterfaceAddress;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
@@ -117,6 +118,20 @@
         assertEquals(456, address.getScope());
         assertTrue(address.isIpv4());
 
+        address = new LinkAddress("/64", 1 /* flags */, 2 /* scope */);
+        assertEquals(Inet6Address.LOOPBACK, address.getAddress());
+        assertEquals(64, address.getPrefixLength());
+        assertEquals(1, address.getFlags());
+        assertEquals(2, address.getScope());
+        assertTrue(address.isIpv6());
+
+        address = new LinkAddress("[2001:db8::123]/64", 3 /* flags */, 4 /* scope */);
+        assertEquals(InetAddresses.parseNumericAddress("2001:db8::123"), address.getAddress());
+        assertEquals(64, address.getPrefixLength());
+        assertEquals(3, address.getFlags());
+        assertEquals(4, address.getScope());
+        assertTrue(address.isIpv6());
+
         // InterfaceAddress doesn't have a constructor. Fetch some from an interface.
         List<InterfaceAddress> addrs = NetworkInterface.getByName("lo").getInterfaceAddresses();