diff --git a/src/net/ipsock_posix.go b/src/net/ipsock_posix.go
index 83eaf855b4c2d0..4419aaf8a06d70 100644
--- a/src/net/ipsock_posix.go
+++ b/src/net/ipsock_posix.go
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ func probeIPv6Stack() (supportsIPv6, supportsIPv4map bool) {
 //
 //	1. A wild-wild listen, "tcp" + ""
 //	If the platform supports both IPv6 and IPv6 IPv4-mapping
-//	capabilities, we assume that the user want to listen on
-//	both IPv4 and IPv6 wildcard address over an AF_INET6
-//	socket with IPV6_V6ONLY=0.  Otherwise we prefer an IPv4
-//	wildcard address listen over an AF_INET socket.
+//	capabilities, or does not support IPv4, we assume that
+//	the user wants to listen on both IPv4 and IPv6 wildcard
+//	addresses over an AF_INET6 socket with IPV6_V6ONLY=0.
+//	Otherwise we prefer an IPv4 wildcard address listen over
+//	an AF_INET socket.
 //
 //	2. A wild-ipv4wild listen, "tcp" + "0.0.0.0"
 //	Same as 1.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func favoriteAddrFamily(net string, laddr, raddr sockaddr, mode string) (family
 	}
 
 	if mode == "listen" && (laddr == nil || laddr.isWildcard()) {
-		if supportsIPv4map {
+		if supportsIPv4map || !supportsIPv4 {
 			return syscall.AF_INET6, false
 		}
 		if laddr == nil {
diff --git a/src/net/platform_test.go b/src/net/platform_test.go
index d6248520f33b69..c9415d1038c1ea 100644
--- a/src/net/platform_test.go
+++ b/src/net/platform_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func testableListenArgs(network, address, client string) bool {
 
 	// Test functionality of IPv4 communication using AF_INET6
 	// sockets.
-	if !supportsIPv4map && (network == "tcp" || network == "udp" || network == "ip") && wildcard {
+	if !supportsIPv4map && supportsIPv4 && (network == "tcp" || network == "udp" || network == "ip") && wildcard {
 		// At this point, we prefer IPv4 when ip is nil.
 		// See favoriteAddrFamily for further information.
 		if ip.To16() != nil && ip.To4() == nil && cip.To4() != nil { // a pair of IPv6 server and IPv4 client
diff --git a/src/net/server_test.go b/src/net/server_test.go
index fe0006b11fb037..2e998e23a8a0ab 100644
--- a/src/net/server_test.go
+++ b/src/net/server_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestTCPServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, tt := range tcpServerTests {
 		if !testableListenArgs(tt.snet, tt.saddr, tt.taddr) {
-			t.Logf("skipping %s test", tt.snet+" "+tt.saddr+"->"+tt.taddr)
+			t.Logf("skipping %s test", tt.snet+" "+tt.saddr+"<-"+tt.taddr)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ var udpServerTests = []struct {
 func TestUDPServer(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tt := range udpServerTests {
 		if !testableListenArgs(tt.snet, tt.saddr, tt.taddr) {
-			t.Logf("skipping %s test", tt.snet+" "+tt.saddr+"->"+tt.taddr)
+			t.Logf("skipping %s test", tt.snet+" "+tt.saddr+"<-"+tt.taddr)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ var unixgramServerTests = []struct {
 func TestUnixgramServer(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tt := range unixgramServerTests {
 		if !testableListenArgs("unixgram", tt.saddr, "") {
-			t.Logf("skipping %s test", "unixgram "+tt.saddr+"->"+tt.caddr)
+			t.Logf("skipping %s test", "unixgram "+tt.saddr+"<-"+tt.caddr)
 			continue
 		}