diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServer.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServer.java
index 9523fa2575583..f17d869b5039c 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServer.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServer.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -1376,11 +1375,7 @@ public int getPort() {
     public InetAddress getAddress() {
         InetAddress bindAddr = serverSocket.getInetAddress();
         if (bindAddr.getHostAddress().equals(NetUtils.getWildcardIPAddress())) {
-            try {
-                return InetAddress.getLocalHost();
-            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
-            }
+            return InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress();
         }
         return bindAddr;
     }