diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index bc0ba221fa..ced292bc1b 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -967,11 +967,11 @@ func initBridgeDriver(controller libnetwork.NetworkController, config *config.Co
 	}
 
 	if config.BridgeConfig.IP != "" {
-		ipamV4Conf.PreferredPool = config.BridgeConfig.IP
-		ip, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(config.BridgeConfig.IP)
+		ip, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(config.BridgeConfig.IP)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		ipamV4Conf.PreferredPool = ipNet.String()
 		ipamV4Conf.Gateway = ip.String()
 	} else if bridgeName == bridge.DefaultBridgeName && ipamV4Conf.PreferredPool != "" {
 		logrus.Infof("Default bridge (%s) is assigned with an IP address %s. Daemon option --bip can be used to set a preferred IP address", bridgeName, ipamV4Conf.PreferredPool)
diff --git a/integration/network/service_test.go b/integration/network/service_test.go
index e6d417b0c9..f0300befcf 100644
--- a/integration/network/service_test.go
+++ b/integration/network/service_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func TestDaemonWithBipAndDefaultNetworkPool(t *testing.T) {
 	out, err := c.NetworkInspect(context.Background(), "bridge", types.NetworkInspectOptions{})
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 	// Make sure BIP IP doesn't get override with new default address pool .
-	assert.Equal(t, out.IPAM.Config[0].Subnet, "172.60.0.1/16")
+	assert.Equal(t, out.IPAM.Config[0].Subnet, "172.60.0.0/16")
 	delInterface(t, defaultNetworkBridge)
 }