diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/DefaultInetAddressTypeAdapterTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/DefaultInetAddressTypeAdapterTest.java
index 7c67d975..6b853f5d 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/DefaultInetAddressTypeAdapterTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/DefaultInetAddressTypeAdapterTest.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ public class DefaultInetAddressTypeAdapterTest extends TestCase {
   }
   
   public void testInetAddressSerializationAndDeserialization() throws Exception {
-    InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
-    String localInetAddress = gson.toJson(localhost);
-    assertEquals("\"" + localhost.getHostAddress() + "\"", localInetAddress);
+    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("8.8.8.8");
+    String jsonAddress = gson.toJson(address);
+    assertEquals("\"8.8.8.8\"", jsonAddress);
     
-    InetAddress value = gson.fromJson(localInetAddress, InetAddress.class);
-    assertEquals(localhost, value);
+    InetAddress value = gson.fromJson(jsonAddress, InetAddress.class);
+    assertEquals(value, address);
   } 
 }