diff --git a/lib/base/connection.js b/lib/base/connection.js
index b8bc90af8a..287f07afd3 100644
--- a/lib/base/connection.js
+++ b/lib/base/connection.js
@@ -345,7 +345,11 @@ class BaseConnection extends EventEmitter {
     });
     const rejectUnauthorized = this.config.ssl.rejectUnauthorized;
     const verifyIdentity = this.config.ssl.verifyIdentity;
-    const servername = this.config.host;
+    let servername = undefined;
+    // only set servername for SNI and identity check if host is not an IP address
+    if (!Net.isIP(this.config.host)) {
+      servername = this.config.host;
+    }
 
     let secureEstablished = false;
     this.stream.removeAllListeners('data');