diff --git a/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/network.py b/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/network.py
index 925c73717280a..801ae4e6ec3eb 100644
--- a/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/network.py
+++ b/py/test/selenium/webdriver/common/network.py
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ def get_interface_ip(ifname):
             )[20:24])
 
 def get_lan_ip():
-    ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+    try:
+        ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+    except:
+        return '0.0.0.0'
     if ip.startswith("127.") and os.name != "nt":
         interfaces = ["eth0","eth1","eth2","en0","en1","en2","en3","en4","wlan0","wlan1","wifi0","ath0","ath1","ppp0"]
         for ifname in interfaces:
@@ -28,4 +31,4 @@ def get_lan_ip():
                 break
             except IOError:
                 pass
-    return ip
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+    return ip