diff --git a/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py b/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
index da64a7b4e..2e5d3253c 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
@@ -32,14 +32,26 @@ class ICMPsh:
         self._icmpslave = normalizePath(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_EXTRAS_PATH, "icmpsh", "icmpsh.exe_"))
 
     def _selectRhost(self):
-        message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.remoteIP
-        address = readInput(message, default=self.remoteIP)
+        address = None
+        message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? "
+
+        if self.remoteIP:
+            message += "[Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.remoteIP
+
+        while not address:
+            address = readInput(message, default=self.remoteIP)
 
         return address
 
     def _selectLhost(self):
-        message = "what is the local address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.localIP
-        address = readInput(message, default=self.localIP)
+        address = None
+        message = "what is the local address? "
+
+        if self.localIP:
+            message += "[Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.localIP
+
+        while not address:
+            address = readInput(message, default=self.localIP)
 
         return address