diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/IpAddressManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/IpAddressManagerImpl.java
index 2c54137adcd..17fc3d607ee 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/IpAddressManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/IpAddressManagerImpl.java
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ public class IpAddressManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements IpAddressManage
         Set<Long> availableIps = _networkModel.getAvailableIps(network, requestedIp);
 
         if (availableIps == null || availableIps.isEmpty()) {
+            s_logger.debug("There are no free ips in the  network " + network );
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -1707,9 +1708,11 @@ public class IpAddressManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements IpAddressManage
             if (!isSameCidr) {
                 s_logger.warn("Requested ip address " + requestedIp + " doesn't belong to the network " + network + " cidr");
                 return null;
-            } else {
-                return requestedIp;
+            } else if (NetUtils.IsIpEqualToNetworkOrBroadCastIp(requestedIp, cidr[0], Integer.parseInt(cidr[1]))) {
+                s_logger.warn("Requested ip address " + requestedIp + " is equal to the to the network/broadcast ip of the network" + network);
+                return null;
             }
+            return requestedIp;
         }
 
         String result;
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
index 8a351097845..11a483c3f7e 100755
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
@@ -1435,4 +1435,26 @@ public class NetUtils {
         SubnetUtils subnetUtils = new SubnetUtils(cidr);
         return subnetUtils.getInfo().isInRange(ipAddress);
     }
+
+    public static Boolean IsIpEqualToNetworkOrBroadCastIp(String requestedIp, String cidr, long size) {
+        assert (size < 32) : "You do know this is not for ipv6 right?  Keep it smaller than 32 but you have " + size;
+
+        long ip = ip2Long(cidr);
+        long startNetMask = ip2Long(getCidrNetmask(size));
+
+        long start = (ip & startNetMask);
+        long end = start;
+
+        end = end >> (32 - size);
+
+        end++;
+        end = (end << (32 - size)) - 1;
+
+        long reqIp = ip2Long(requestedIp);
+        if (reqIp == start || reqIp == end) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }