diff --git a/src/core/ipv6/ip6_addr.c b/src/core/ipv6/ip6_addr.c
index 6e0ac86b..48e0d639 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv6/ip6_addr.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv6/ip6_addr.c
@@ -270,15 +270,16 @@ ip6addr_ntoa_r(const ip6_addr_t *addr, char *buf, int buflen)
 
     /* Check for empty block. */
     if (current_block_value == 0) {
-      if (current_block_index == 7 && empty_block_flag == 1) {
-        /* special case, we must render a ':' for the last block. */
-        buf[i++] = ':';
-        if (i >= buflen) {
-          return NULL;
+      if (current_block_index == 7) {
+        if (empty_block_flag == 1) {
+          /* special case, we must render a ':' for the last block. */
+          buf[i++] = ':';
+          if (i >= buflen) {
+            return NULL;
+          }
+          break;
         }
-        break;
-      }
-      if (empty_block_flag == 0) {
+      } else if (empty_block_flag == 0) {
         /* generate empty block "::", but only if more than one contiguous zero block,
          * according to current formatting suggestions RFC 5952. */
         next_block_value = lwip_htonl(addr->addr[(current_block_index + 1) >> 1]);
diff --git a/test/unit/ip6/test_ip6.c b/test/unit/ip6/test_ip6.c
index a030ee5a..abd87910 100644
--- a/test/unit/ip6/test_ip6.c
+++ b/test/unit/ip6/test_ip6.c
@@ -268,15 +268,18 @@ END_TEST
 
 struct test_addr_and_str {
   ip_addr_t addr;
+  u32_t bytes_after;
   const char *str;
 };
 
 START_TEST(test_ip6_ntoa)
 {
   struct test_addr_and_str tests[] = {
-    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0x00000000, 0xb2a1a2ff, 0xfea3a4a5), "FE80::B2A1:A2FF:FEA3:A4A5"}, /* test shortened zeros */
-    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0xff000000, 0xb2a1a2ff, 0xfea3a4a5), "FE80:0:FF00:0:B2A1:A2FF:FEA3:A4A5"}, /* don't omit single zero blocks */
-    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0xff000000, 0xb2000000, 0x0000a4a5), "FE80:0:FF00:0:B200::A4A5"}, /* omit longest zero block */
+    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0x00000000, 0xb2a1a2ff, 0xfea3a4a5), 0, "FE80::B2A1:A2FF:FEA3:A4A5"}, /* test shortened zeros */
+    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0xff000000, 0xb2a1a2ff, 0xfea3a4a5), 0, "FE80:0:FF00:0:B2A1:A2FF:FEA3:A4A5"}, /* don't omit single zero blocks */
+    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0xfe800000, 0xff000000, 0xb2000000, 0x0000a4a5), 0, "FE80:0:FF00:0:B200::A4A5"}, /* omit longest zero block */
+    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0x20010db8, 0x00010002, 0x00030004, 0x00050000), 0, "2001:DB8:1:2:3:4:5:0"}, /* do not omit last zero due to out-of-bounds bug */
+    {IPADDR6_INIT_HOST(0x20010db8, 0x00010002, 0x00030004, 0x00050000), ~0, "2001:DB8:1:2:3:4:5:0"}, /* do not omit last zero due to out-of-bounds bug */
   };
   char buf[128];
   char *str;