diff --git a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
index 632d9f692..07feb0e57 100644
--- a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
+++ b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ impl QueryParser {
     ) -> Result<Term, QueryParserError> {
         let field_entry = self.schema.get_field_entry(field);
         let field_type = field_entry.field_type();
-        if !field_type.is_indexed() {
+
+        let is_ip_and_fast = field_type.is_ip_addr() && field_type.is_fast();
+        if !field_type.is_indexed() && !is_ip_and_fast {
             return Err(QueryParserError::FieldNotIndexed(
                 field_entry.name().to_string(),
             ));
diff --git a/src/query/range_query_ip_fastfield.rs b/src/query/range_query_ip_fastfield.rs
index bc6f9e971..27a7ee8c0 100644
--- a/src/query/range_query_ip_fastfield.rs
+++ b/src/query/range_query_ip_fastfield.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::collector::Count;
     use crate::query::QueryParser;
-    use crate::schema::{Schema, FAST, INDEXED, STORED, STRING};
+    use crate::schema::{Schema, FAST, STORED, STRING};
     use crate::Index;
 
     #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     pub fn create_index_from_docs(docs: &[Doc]) -> Index {
         let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let ip_field = schema_builder.add_ip_addr_field("ip", INDEXED | STORED | FAST);
+        let ip_field = schema_builder.add_ip_addr_field("ip", STORED | FAST);
         let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("id", STRING | STORED);
         let schema = schema_builder.build();
         let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);