ip := netutils.ParseIPSloppy(ip)
			if ip == nil {
				// cluster IP is corrupt
				clusterIPRepairIPErrors.WithLabelValues("invalid").Inc()
				c.recorder.Eventf(&svc, nil, v1.EventTypeWarning, "ClusterIPNotValid", "ClusterIPValidation", "Cluster IP %s is not a valid IP; please recreate service", ip)
				runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("the cluster IP %s for service %s/%s is not a valid IP; please recreate", ip, svc.Name, svc.Namespace))

		if ip == nil {
			// ClusterIP is corrupt, ClusterIPs are already validated, but double checking here
			// in case there are some inconsistencies with the parsers
			r.recorder.Eventf(svc, nil, v1.EventTypeWarning, "ClusterIPNotValid", "ClusterIPValidation", "Cluster IP %s is not a valid IP; please recreate Service", ip)
			runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("the ClusterIP %s for Service %s/%s is not a valid IP; please recreate Service", ip, svc.Namespace, svc.Name))