diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/network/dao/IPAddressDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/network/dao/IPAddressDaoImpl.java
index b569718965f..e1530cacbb6 100755
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/network/dao/IPAddressDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/network/dao/IPAddressDaoImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.ejb.Local;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import org.apache.cloudstack.resourcedetail.dao.UserIpAddressDetailsDao;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ public class IPAddressDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<IPAddressVO, Long> implemen
     protected GenericSearchBuilder<IPAddressVO, Long> CountFreePublicIps;
     @Inject
     ResourceTagDao _tagsDao;
+    @Inject
+    UserIpAddressDetailsDao _detailsDao;
 
     // make it public for JUnit test
     public IPAddressDaoImpl() {
@@ -166,6 +169,8 @@ public class IPAddressDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<IPAddressVO, Long> implemen
         address.setSystem(false);
         address.setVmIp(null);
         address.setDisplay(true);
+        //remove resource details for the ip
+        _detailsDao.removeDetails(ipAddressId);
         update(ipAddressId, address);
     }