diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
index 0eadc5980..0ee19b086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ public class ScalarTypeInetAddress extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<InetAddress> {
     super(InetAddress.class);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public int getLength() {
+    return 50;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public InetAddress convertFromDbString(String dbValue) {
     try {