diff --git a/netbox/ipam/api/serializers.py b/netbox/ipam/api/serializers.py
index 4d774706f..021495a2c 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/api/serializers.py
@@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ class AvailablePrefixSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 # IP addresses
 #
 
-class IPAddressInterfaceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+class IPAddressInterfaceSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
     url = serializers.SerializerMethodField()  # We're imitating a HyperlinkedIdentityField here
-    device = NestedDeviceSerializer()
-    virtual_machine = NestedVirtualMachineSerializer()
+    device = NestedDeviceSerializer(read_only=True)
+    virtual_machine = NestedVirtualMachineSerializer(read_only=True)
 
     class Meta(InterfaceSerializer.Meta):
         model = Interface