diff --git a/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/proxyproto.go b/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/proxyproto.go
index b8db1a53e..c22aa38f4 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/proxyproto.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/proxyproto.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func (c *PacketConn) ReadFrom(p []byte) (n int, addr net.Addr, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return n, addr, err
 		}
+		peer := addr
 		n, addr, err = c.readFrom(p[:n], addr)
 		if err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, errHeaderOnly) {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *PacketConn) ReadFrom(p []byte) (n int, addr net.Addr, err error) {
 			}
 			// drop invalid packet as returning error would cause the ReadFrom caller to exit
 			// which could result in DoS if an attacker sends intentional invalid packets
-			clog.Warningf("dropping invalid Proxy Protocol packet from %s: %v", addr.String(), err)
+			clog.Warningf("dropping invalid Proxy Protocol packet from %s: %v", peer.String(), err)
 			continue
 		}
 		return n, addr, nil
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/udp_session_test.go b/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/udp_session_test.go
index 2580be41f..1f372ec32 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/udp_session_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/proxyproto/udp_session_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package proxyproto
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -132,3 +133,61 @@ func TestStoreSessionEvictsOldest(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected r3 to be present")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPacketConnReadFromMalformedPPv2NonUDPDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	pc := &singlePacketConn{
+		packet: []byte{
+			0x0d, 0x0a, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x51,
+			0x55, 0x49, 0x54, 0x0a, // PPv2 signature
+			0x21,       // version 2, PROXY command
+			0x11,       // TCPv4: invalid for UDP PacketConn
+			0x00, 0x0c, // address length
+			127, 0, 0, 1,
+			127, 0, 0, 1,
+			0x30, 0x39,
+			0x00, 0x35,
+		},
+		addr: udpAddr("127.0.0.1", 12345),
+	}
+
+	ppc := &PacketConn{
+		PacketConn: pc,
+		ConnPolicy: func(proxyproto.ConnPolicyOptions) (proxyproto.Policy, error) {
+			return proxyproto.USE, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("ReadFrom panicked on malformed PPv2 non-UDP packet: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 512)
+	_, _, err := ppc.ReadFrom(buf)
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadFrom err = %v, want io.EOF after dropping malformed packet", err)
+	}
+}
+
+type singlePacketConn struct {
+	packet []byte
+	addr   net.Addr
+	read   bool
+}
+
+func (c *singlePacketConn) ReadFrom(p []byte) (int, net.Addr, error) {
+	if c.read {
+		return 0, nil, io.EOF
+	}
+	c.read = true
+	copy(p, c.packet)
+	return len(c.packet), c.addr, nil
+}
+
+func (c *singlePacketConn) WriteTo([]byte, net.Addr) (int, error) { return 0, nil }
+func (c *singlePacketConn) Close() error                          { return nil }
+func (c *singlePacketConn) LocalAddr() net.Addr                   { return udpAddr("127.0.0.1", 53) }
+func (c *singlePacketConn) SetDeadline(time.Time) error           { return nil }
+func (c *singlePacketConn) SetReadDeadline(time.Time) error       { return nil }
+func (c *singlePacketConn) SetWriteDeadline(time.Time) error      { return nil }