diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 314509eecb1..bcb62578742 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -646,6 +646,8 @@ EOF
   cp /etc/vpcdnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf
   cp /etc/cloud-nic.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/cloud-nic.rules
   echo "" > /etc/dnsmasq.d/dhcphosts.txt
+  echo "" > /etc/dhcphosts.txt
+  echo "" > /etc/dhcpopts.txt
   echo "dhcp-hostsfile=/etc/dhcphosts.txt" > /etc/dnsmasq.d/cloud.conf
 
   [ -z $DOMAIN ] && DOMAIN="cloudnine.internal"