diff --git a/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py b/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
index b0b08e4e0..d4be14dc4 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
@@ -362,15 +362,25 @@ class IPAddressForm(TenancyForm, NetBoxModelForm):
 
         # Do not allow assigning a network ID or broadcast address to an interface.
         if interface and (address := self.cleaned_data.get('address')):
-            if address.ip == address.network:
-                msg = f"{address} is a network ID, which may not be assigned to an interface."
-                if address.version == 4 and address.prefixlen not in (31, 32):
+            prefix_str = f"{self.instance.address.network}/{self.instance.address.prefixlen}"
+            allow_assignment_error = True
+            if self.instance.vrf is None:
+                prefix_obj =  Prefix.objects.get(prefix=prefix_str)
+            else:
+                prefix_obj =  Prefix.objects.get(prefix=prefix_str, vrf=self.vrf)
+            if prefix_obj and prefix_obj.is_pool:
+                allow_assignment_error = False
+            
+            if allow_assignment_error:
+                if address.ip == address.network:
+                    msg = f"{address} is a network ID, which may not be assigned to an interface unless the prefix is a pool."
+                    if address.version == 4 and address.prefixlen not in (31, 32):
+                        raise ValidationError(msg)
+                    if address.version == 6 and address.prefixlen not in (127, 128):
+                        raise ValidationError(msg)
+                if address.version == 4 and address.ip == address.broadcast and address.prefixlen not in (31, 32):
+                    msg = f"{address} is a broadcast address, which may not be assigned to an interface unless the prefix is a pool."
                     raise ValidationError(msg)
-                if address.version == 6 and address.prefixlen not in (127, 128):
-                    raise ValidationError(msg)
-            if address.version == 4 and address.ip == address.broadcast and address.prefixlen not in (31, 32):
-                msg = f"{address} is a broadcast address, which may not be assigned to an interface."
-                raise ValidationError(msg)
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ipaddress = super().save(*args, **kwargs)