diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php
index 19fb0e009b..01968869a1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-sites-list-table.php
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ class WP_MS_Sites_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			|| preg_match( '/^[0-9]{1,3}\.$/', $s )
 		) {
 			// IPv4 address.
-			$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
-				"SELECT blog_id FROM {$wpdb->registration_log} WHERE {$wpdb->registration_log}.IP LIKE %s",
-				$wpdb->esc_like( $s ) . ( ! empty( $wild ) ? '%' : '' )
+			$reg_blog_ids = $wpdb->get_col(
+				$wpdb->prepare(
+					"SELECT blog_id FROM {$wpdb->registration_log} WHERE {$wpdb->registration_log}.IP LIKE %s",
+					$wpdb->esc_like( $s ) . ( ! empty( $wild ) ? '%' : '' )
+				)
 			);
 
-			$reg_blog_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $sql );
-
 			if ( $reg_blog_ids ) {
 				$args['site__in'] = $reg_blog_ids;
 			}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 91095b8ada..8cbfaf36c0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.8-beta3-60068';
+$wp_version = '6.8-beta3-60069';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.