diff --git a/pkg/portutil/portutil.go b/pkg/portutil/portutil.go
index f0ffe9b96de..ad2848c4e47 100644
--- a/pkg/portutil/portutil.go
+++ b/pkg/portutil/portutil.go
@@ -31,20 +31,19 @@ import (
 
 // return respectively ip, hostPort, containerPort
 func splitParts(rawport string) (string, string, string) {
-	parts := strings.Split(rawport, ":")
-	n := len(parts)
-	containerport := parts[n-1]
+	lastIndex := strings.LastIndex(rawport, ":")
+	containerPort := rawport[lastIndex+1:]
+	if lastIndex == -1 {
+		return "", "", containerPort
+	}
 
-	switch n {
-	case 1:
-		return "", "", containerport
-	case 2:
-		return "", parts[0], containerport
-	case 3:
-		return parts[0], parts[1], containerport
-	default:
-		return strings.Join(parts[:n-2], ":"), parts[n-2], containerport
+	hostAddrPort := rawport[:lastIndex]
+	addr, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(hostAddrPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", hostAddrPort, containerPort
 	}
+
+	return addr, port, containerPort
 }
 
 // ParseFlagP parse port mapping pair, like "127.0.0.1:3000:8080/tcp",
diff --git a/pkg/portutil/portutil_test.go b/pkg/portutil/portutil_test.go
index 87f0f5dc892..e3ec270c2b5 100644
--- a/pkg/portutil/portutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/portutil/portutil_test.go
@@ -357,6 +357,21 @@ func TestParseFlagP(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "with ipv6 host ip",
+			args: args{
+				s: "[::0]:8080:80/tcp",
+			},
+			want: []gocni.PortMapping{
+				{
+					HostPort:      8080,
+					ContainerPort: 80,
+					Protocol:      "tcp",
+					HostIP:        "::0",
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "with invalid protocol",
 			args: args{