diff --git a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 315ac742..8155aa1f 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -2644,11 +2644,7 @@ func describeEndpointSlice(eps *discoveryv1alpha1.EndpointSlice, events *corev1.
 		printLabelsMultiline(w, "Labels", eps.Labels)
 		printAnnotationsMultiline(w, "Annotations", eps.Annotations)
 
-		addressType := "<unset>"
-		if eps.AddressType != nil {
-			addressType = string(*eps.AddressType)
-		}
-		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "AddressType:\t%s\n", addressType)
+		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "AddressType:\t%s\n", string(eps.AddressType))
 
 		if len(eps.Ports) == 0 {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Ports: <unset>\n")
diff --git a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
index 5236f4f2..48c43f58 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
@@ -3516,7 +3516,6 @@ func TestDescribeStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDescribeEndpointSlice(t *testing.T) {
-	addressTypeIP := discoveryv1alpha1.AddressTypeIP
 	protocolTCP := corev1.ProtocolTCP
 	port80 := int32(80)
 
@@ -3525,7 +3524,7 @@ func TestDescribeEndpointSlice(t *testing.T) {
 			Name:      "foo.123",
 			Namespace: "bar",
 		},
-		AddressType: &addressTypeIP,
+		AddressType: discoveryv1alpha1.AddressTypeIPv4,
 		Endpoints: []discoveryv1alpha1.Endpoint{
 			{
 				Addresses:  []string{"1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.5"},
@@ -3564,7 +3563,7 @@ func TestDescribeEndpointSlice(t *testing.T) {
 Namespace:    bar
 Labels:       <none>
 Annotations:  <none>
-AddressType:  IP
+AddressType:  IPv4
 Ports:
   Name     Port  Protocol
   ----     ----  --------