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diff --git a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-dt-reader.c b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-dt-reader.c
index f1279d58..b273822a 100644
--- a/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-dt-reader.c
+++ b/src/nm-initrd-generator/nmi-dt-reader.c
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ str_addr(const char *str, int *family)
 {
     NMIPAddr addr_bin;
 
+    /* For IPv4, we need to be more tolerant than inet_pton() to recognize
+     * things like the extra zeroes in "255.255.255.000".
+     *
+     * Pass accept_legacy=TRUE to nm_inet_parse_bin_full(), which also accepts
+     * such forms (but not everything which inet_aton() accepts). */
     if (!nm_inet_parse_bin_full(*family, TRUE, str, family, &addr_bin)) {
         _LOGW(LOGD_CORE, "Malformed IP address: '%s'", str);
         return NULL;