diff --git a/src/isinetaddr6.c b/src/isinetaddr6.c
index 6db4af8..0aeaddf 100644
--- a/src/isinetaddr6.c
+++ b/src/isinetaddr6.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ static const char SEP = ':';
 
 static int has_consecutive_chars(const char *str, char c, int n);
 static char* expand(const char *str, size_t strlen, char *new_str, size_t headlen);
+static size_t get_offset(char *tail);
 
 int
 isinetaddr6(const char *str)
@@ -66,10 +67,12 @@ static char*
 expand(const char *str, size_t strlen, char *new_str, size_t headlen)
 {
   char *ptr = new_str;
+  char *tail = (char*) &str[headlen + 2];
   size_t taillen = (strlen - headlen) - 2;
   size_t bodylen = MAX_STRLEN - taillen;
   size_t i = headlen + 2;
   size_t j = headlen;
+  size_t offset = get_offset(tail);
 
   while (i++ < strlen) {
     if (has_consecutive_chars(&str[i], SEP, 2)) {
@@ -78,9 +81,23 @@ expand(const char *str, size_t strlen, char *new_str, size_t headlen)
   }
   memcpy(ptr, &str[0], headlen);
   ptr += headlen;
-  while (++j < bodylen) {
+  while (++j < bodylen-offset) {
     *ptr++ = j % 5 == 0 ? ':' : '0';
   }
-  memcpy(ptr, &str[headlen + 2], taillen);
+  memcpy(ptr, tail, taillen);
   return new_str;
 }
+
+static size_t
+get_offset(char *tail)
+{
+  size_t offset = 0;
+  while (*tail++ != SEP) {
+    offset++;
+    if (*tail == '\0' || offset == 4) {
+      offset = 0;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return offset;
+}
diff --git a/test/isinetaddr6_test.c b/test/isinetaddr6_test.c
index 82065f5..2ac220f 100644
--- a/test/isinetaddr6_test.c
+++ b/test/isinetaddr6_test.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const char *valid[] = {
   "2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A",
 
   /* valid IPv6 (double colon) */
+  "2001:DB8::8:800:200C:417A",
   "fe80::c001:a0ff:fe12:3456",
   "2001:0db8::1",
   "2001:abcd:ef01:2345::",