diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
index 79eb1cbee0b..adad85ca8a6 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.PrimaryDataStoreDao;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.StoragePoolVO;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.identity.ManagementServerNode;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.AgentManager;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Answer;
@@ -1892,7 +1893,7 @@ public class ResourceManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements ResourceManager,
         // If the server's private IP is the same as is public IP, this host has
         // a host-only private network. Don't check for conflicts with the
         // private IP address table.
-        if (serverPrivateIP != serverPublicIP) {
+        if (!ObjectUtils.equals(serverPrivateIP, serverPublicIP)) {
             if (!_privateIPAddressDao.mark(dc.getId(), pod.getId(), serverPrivateIP)) {
                 // If the server's private IP address is already in the
                 // database, return false