diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
index c291fc02..a5695afc 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             myname = myname[0]
             myname = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, myname)
             for addr in myaddrs:
-                if myname == addr[1].tobytes():
+                if myname == addr[1]:
                     curridx = addr[-1]
         if curridx is not None and curridx in doneidxs:
             continue