diff --git a/conntrack_linux.go b/conntrack_linux.go
index f890aae..20df903 100644
--- a/conntrack_linux.go
+++ b/conntrack_linux.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -24,6 +23,11 @@ const (
 	ConntrackExpectTable = 2
 )
 
+const (
+	// backward compatibility with golang 1.6 which does not have io.SeekCurrent
+	seekCurrent = 1
+)
+
 // InetFamily Family type
 type InetFamily uint8
 
@@ -167,13 +171,13 @@ func parseIpTuple(reader *bytes.Reader, tpl *ipTuple) {
 		}
 	}
 	// Skip the next 4 bytes  nl.NLA_F_NESTED|nl.CTA_TUPLE_PROTO
-	reader.Seek(4, io.SeekCurrent)
+	reader.Seek(4, seekCurrent)
 	_, t, _, v := parseNfAttrTLV(reader)
 	if t == nl.CTA_PROTO_NUM {
 		tpl.Protocol = uint8(v[0])
 	}
 	// Skip some padding 3 bytes
-	reader.Seek(3, io.SeekCurrent)
+	reader.Seek(3, seekCurrent)
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		_, t, _ := parseNfAttrTL(reader)
 		switch t {
@@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ func parseIpTuple(reader *bytes.Reader, tpl *ipTuple) {
 			parseBERaw16(reader, &tpl.DstPort)
 		}
 		// Skip some padding 2 byte
-		reader.Seek(2, io.SeekCurrent)
+		reader.Seek(2, seekCurrent)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ func parseRawData(data []byte) *ConntrackFlow {
 	binary.Read(reader, nl.NativeEndian(), &s.FamilyType)
 
 	// skip rest of the Netfilter header
-	reader.Seek(3, io.SeekCurrent)
+	reader.Seek(3, seekCurrent)
 	// The message structure is the following:
 	// <len, NLA_F_NESTED|CTA_TUPLE_ORIG> 4 bytes
 	// <len, NLA_F_NESTED|CTA_TUPLE_IP> 4 bytes
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ func parseRawData(data []byte) *ConntrackFlow {
 				break
 			} else {
 				// Header not recognized skip it
-				reader.Seek(int64(l), io.SeekCurrent)
+				reader.Seek(int64(l), seekCurrent)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -291,14 +295,14 @@ type ConntrackFilter struct {
 }
 
 // AddIP adds an IP to the conntrack filter
-func (f *ConntrackFilter) AddIP(tp ConntrackFilterType, ip *net.IP) error {
+func (f *ConntrackFilter) AddIP(tp ConntrackFilterType, ip net.IP) error {
 	if f.ipFilter == nil {
 		f.ipFilter = make(map[ConntrackFilterType]net.IP)
 	}
 	if _, ok := f.ipFilter[tp]; ok {
 		return errors.New("Filter attribute already present")
 	}
-	f.ipFilter[tp] = *ip
+	f.ipFilter[tp] = ip
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/conntrack_test.go b/conntrack_test.go
index d99f4ab..00b8060 100644
--- a/conntrack_test.go
+++ b/conntrack_test.go
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ func TestConntrackTableDelete(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create a filter to erase groupB flows
 	filter := &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip := net.ParseIP("127.0.0.20")
-	filter.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, &ip)
+	filter.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, net.ParseIP("127.0.0.20"))
 
 	// Flush entries of groupB
 	var deleted uint
@@ -328,12 +327,10 @@ func TestConntrackFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// SrcIP filter
 	filterV4 := &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip := net.ParseIP("10.0.0.1")
-	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackOrigSrcIP, &ip)
+	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackOrigSrcIP, net.ParseIP("10.0.0.1"))
 
 	filterV6 := &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee")
-	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackOrigSrcIP, &ip)
+	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackOrigSrcIP, net.ParseIP("eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee"))
 
 	v4Match, v6Match = applyFilter(flowList, filterV4, filterV6)
 	if v4Match != 1 || v6Match != 1 {
@@ -342,12 +339,10 @@ func TestConntrackFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// DstIp filter
 	filterV4 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("20.0.0.1")
-	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, &ip)
+	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, net.ParseIP("20.0.0.1"))
 
 	filterV6 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd")
-	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, &ip)
+	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackOrigDstIP, net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd"))
 
 	v4Match, v6Match = applyFilter(flowList, filterV4, filterV6)
 	if v4Match != 1 || v6Match != 1 {
@@ -356,12 +351,10 @@ func TestConntrackFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// SrcIP for NAT
 	filterV4 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("20.0.0.1")
-	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatSrcIP, &ip)
+	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatSrcIP, net.ParseIP("20.0.0.1"))
 
 	filterV6 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd")
-	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatSrcIP, &ip)
+	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatSrcIP, net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd"))
 
 	v4Match, v6Match = applyFilter(flowList, filterV4, filterV6)
 	if v4Match != 1 || v6Match != 1 {
@@ -370,12 +363,10 @@ func TestConntrackFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// DstIP for NAT
 	filterV4 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1")
-	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatDstIP, &ip)
+	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatDstIP, net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1"))
 
 	filterV6 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd")
-	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatDstIP, &ip)
+	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatDstIP, net.ParseIP("dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd:dddd"))
 
 	v4Match, v6Match = applyFilter(flowList, filterV4, filterV6)
 	if v4Match != 2 || v6Match != 0 {
@@ -384,12 +375,10 @@ func TestConntrackFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// AnyIp for Nat
 	filterV4 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1")
-	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatAnyIP, &ip)
+	filterV4.AddIP(ConntrackNatAnyIP, net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1"))
 
 	filterV6 = &ConntrackFilter{}
-	ip = net.ParseIP("eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee")
-	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatAnyIP, &ip)
+	filterV6.AddIP(ConntrackNatAnyIP, net.ParseIP("eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee:eeee"))
 
 	v4Match, v6Match = applyFilter(flowList, filterV4, filterV6)
 	if v4Match != 2 || v6Match != 1 {