diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index da7f901cf39..cf4f335ba82 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -1326,7 +1326,12 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
 
         int ethDeviceNum = this.findRouterEthDeviceIndex(domrName, routerIp, ip.getVifMacAddress());
         if (ethDeviceNum < 0) {
-            throw new InternalErrorException("Failed to find DomR VIF to associate/disassociate IP with.");
+            if (ip.isAdd()) {
+                throw new InternalErrorException("Failed to find DomR VIF to associate/disassociate IP with.");
+            } else {
+                 s_logger.debug("VIF to deassociate IP with does not exist, return success");
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         String args = "";