diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSynchronizer.java b/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSynchronizer.java
index 7677b07..c10df94 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSynchronizer.java
+++ b/apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSynchronizer.java
@@ -317,10 +317,11 @@
         TrafficSelector.Builder selector = DefaultTrafficSelector.builder();
         if (prefix.version() == Ip4Address.VERSION) {
             selector.matchEthType(Ethernet.TYPE_IPV4);
+            selector.matchIPDst(prefix);
         } else {
             selector.matchEthType(Ethernet.TYPE_IPV6);
+            selector.matchIPv6Dst(prefix);
         }
-        selector.matchIPDst(prefix);
 
         // Rewrite the destination MAC address
         TrafficTreatment.Builder treatment = DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder()
diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
index 91754c5..c613007 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
+++ b/apps/sdnip/src/test/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/IntentSyncTest.java
@@ -574,10 +574,11 @@
                 DefaultTrafficSelector.builder();
         if (ipPrefix.version() == Ip4Address.VERSION) {
             selectorBuilder.matchEthType(Ethernet.TYPE_IPV4);   // IPv4
+            selectorBuilder.matchIPDst(ipPrefix);
         } else {
             selectorBuilder.matchEthType(Ethernet.TYPE_IPV6);   // IPv6
+            selectorBuilder.matchIPv6Dst(ipPrefix);
         }
-        selectorBuilder.matchIPDst(ipPrefix);
 
         TrafficTreatment.Builder treatmentBuilder =
                 DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder();