diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f0f0bbc0..c49601cd9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - **Kubernetes:** Fixed volume import for ANF backends.
 - **Kubernetes:** Fixed cloning imported volumes for CVS & ANF backends.
 - **Kubernetes:** Fixed displaying volume sizes in Gi. (Issue [#305](https://github.com/NetApp/trident/issues/305))
+- Fixed dataLIF specification in backend config for IPv6.
 
 **Enhancements**
 - Updated to GoLang 1.14.
diff --git a/storage_drivers/ontap/ontap_common.go b/storage_drivers/ontap/ontap_common.go
index f2004da67..7b61cb54b 100644
--- a/storage_drivers/ontap/ontap_common.go
+++ b/storage_drivers/ontap/ontap_common.go
@@ -1053,7 +1053,9 @@ func ValidateNASDriver(api *api.Client, config *drivers.OntapStorageDriverConfig
 			config.DataLIF = dataLIFs[0]
 		}
 	} else {
-		_, err := ValidateDataLIF(config.DataLIF, dataLIFs)
+		cleanDataLIF := strings.Replace(config.DataLIF, "[", "", 1)
+		cleanDataLIF = strings.Replace(cleanDataLIF, "]", "", 1)
+		_, err := ValidateDataLIF(cleanDataLIF, dataLIFs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("data LIF validation failed: %v", err)
 		}