diff --git a/pkg/auth/authenticator.go b/pkg/auth/authenticator.go
index 213bbdf..3f3c6af 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/authenticator.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/authenticator.go
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ const (
 	// CerberusReasonEmptySourceIp means that source ip is empty
 	CerberusReasonEmptySourceIp CerberusReason = "source-ip-empty"
 
-	// CerberusReasonBadIpList means that there is no valid public ip for validation
-	CerberusReasonNoValidIp CerberusReason = "no-valid-ip"
-
 	// CerberusReasonBadIpList means that ip list items are not in valid patterns which is CIDR notation of the networks
 	CerberusReasonBadIpList CerberusReason = "bad-ip-list"
 
@@ -297,11 +294,7 @@ func (a *Authenticator) TestAccess(request *Request, wsvc ServicesCacheEntry) (b
 
 	// Check x-forwarded-for header against IP allow list
 	if len(ac.Spec.IpAllowList) > 0 {
-		publicIp := lastPublicIp(ipList)
-		if publicIp == "" {
-			return false, CerberusReasonNoValidIp, newExtraHeaders
-		}
-		ipAllowed, err := checkIP(publicIp, ac.Spec.IpAllowList)
+		ipAllowed, err := checkIP(ipList, ac.Spec.IpAllowList)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, CerberusReasonBadIpList, newExtraHeaders
 		}
@@ -409,31 +402,21 @@ func NewAuthenticator(logger logr.Logger) (*Authenticator, error) {
 	return &a, nil
 }
 
-// lastPublicIp will identify the last valid public IP address within the list of IPs
-// will return an error if it cannot find any valid public IP addresses in the input list.
-func lastPublicIp(ips []string) string {
-	for i := len(ips) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		clientIP := net.ParseIP(ips[i])
-		if clientIP != nil && !clientIP.IsPrivate() {
-			return ips[i]
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // checkIP checks if given ip is a member of given CIDR networks or not
 // ipAllowList should be CIDR notation of the networks or net.ParseError will be retuned
-func checkIP(ip string, ipAllowList []string) (bool, error) {
-	clientIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
-
-	for _, AllowedRangeIP := range ipAllowList {
-		_, subnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(AllowedRangeIP)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
+func checkIP(ips []string, ipAllowList []string) (bool, error) {
+	for _, ip := range ips {
+		clientIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
+
+		for _, AllowedRangeIP := range ipAllowList {
+			_, subnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(AllowedRangeIP)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
 
-		if subnet.Contains(clientIP) {
-			return true, nil
+			if subnet.Contains(clientIP) {
+				return true, nil
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return false, nil
diff --git a/pkg/auth/authenticator_test.go b/pkg/auth/authenticator_test.go
index f004544..600dbb0 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/authenticator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/authenticator_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func BenchmarkCheckIPWithLargeInput(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ResetTimer()
 
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		_, _ = checkIP(testIP, ipAllowList)
+		_, _ = checkIP([]string{testIP}, ipAllowList)
 	}
 }