1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/utils.rb b/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
index 16ec8a8bb28..31c9e18c996 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
@@ -131,5 +131,12 @@ module Gitlab
         data
       end
     end
+
+    def string_to_ip_object(str)
+      return unless str
+
+      IPAddr.new(str)
+    rescue IPAddr::InvalidAddressError
+    end
   end
 end