diff --git a/lib/dns.js b/lib/dns.js
index bd330ba92bc1d6..4243a05e179b88 100644
--- a/lib/dns.js
+++ b/lib/dns.js
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ function onlookup(err, addresses) {
   if (err) {
     return this.callback(dnsException(err, 'getaddrinfo', this.hostname));
   }
-  if (this.family) {
-    this.callback(null, addresses[0], this.family);
-  } else {
-    this.callback(null, addresses[0], isIP(addresses[0]));
-  }
+  this.callback(null, addresses[0], this.family || isIP(addresses[0]));
 }