diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/Socket.cs b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
index e1f19c03d6d0ad..817a8221d6bf0f 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
@@ -3602,7 +3602,7 @@ internal void InternalSetBlocking(bool desired)
         }
 
         // CreateAcceptSocket - pulls unmanaged results and assembles them into a new Socket object.
-        internal Socket CreateAcceptSocket(SafeSocketHandle fd, EndPoint remoteEP)
+        internal Socket CreateAcceptSocket(SafeSocketHandle fd, EndPoint? remoteEP)
         {
             // Internal state of the socket is inherited from listener.
             Debug.Assert(fd != null && !fd.IsInvalid);
@@ -3610,7 +3610,7 @@ internal Socket CreateAcceptSocket(SafeSocketHandle fd, EndPoint remoteEP)
             return UpdateAcceptSocket(socket, remoteEP);
         }
 
-        internal Socket UpdateAcceptSocket(Socket socket, EndPoint remoteEP)
+        internal Socket UpdateAcceptSocket(Socket socket, EndPoint? remoteEP)
         {
             // Internal state of the socket is inherited from listener.
             socket._addressFamily = _addressFamily;
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEventArgs.Unix.cs b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEventArgs.Unix.cs
index bcb411922ae05e..088fb07ca46d23 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEventArgs.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEventArgs.Unix.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ private void CompleteAcceptOperation(IntPtr acceptedFileDescriptor, Memory<byte>
             _acceptedFileDescriptor = acceptedFileDescriptor;
             if (socketError == SocketError.Success)
             {
-                Debug.Assert(socketAddress.Length > 0);
                 _acceptAddressBufferCount = socketAddress.Length;
             }
             else
@@ -348,9 +347,10 @@ private SocketError FinishOperationAccept(SocketAddress remoteSocketAddress)
             new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(_acceptBuffer, 0, _acceptAddressBufferCount).CopyTo(remoteSocketAddress.Buffer.Span);
             remoteSocketAddress.Size = _acceptAddressBufferCount;
 
+            // on macOS accept can sometimes return empty remote address even when it returns successfully.
             Socket acceptedSocket = _currentSocket!.CreateAcceptSocket(
                 SocketPal.CreateSocket(_acceptedFileDescriptor),
-                _currentSocket._rightEndPoint!.Create(remoteSocketAddress));
+                remoteSocketAddress.Size > 0 ? _currentSocket._rightEndPoint!.Create(remoteSocketAddress) : null);
             if (_acceptSocket is null)
             {
                 // Store the accepted socket