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 a7d2d141f9b..4664d1c454e 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ setup_console_proxy() {
 setup_elbvm() {
   log_it "Setting up Elastic Load Balancer system vm"
   local hyp=$1
-  setup_common eth0 eth1 eth2
+  setup_common eth0 eth1
   sed -i  /gateway/d /etc/hosts
   public_ip=$ETH2_IP
   [ "$ETH2_IP" == "0.0.0.0" ] || [ "$ETH2_IP" == "" ] && public_ip=$ETH0_IP
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ setup_elbvm() {
   enable_svc cloud-passwd-srvr 0
   enable_svc cloud 0
   chkconfig nfs-common off
+  chkconfig portmap off
 }
 
 setup_default() {
diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/patchsystemvm.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/patchsystemvm.sh
index e9bcc5ebe2f..85361b55307 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/patchsystemvm.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/patchsystemvm.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ dhcpsrvr_svcs() {
    echo "cloud nfs-common haproxy portmap" > /var/cache/cloud/disabled_svcs
 }
 
+elbvm_svcs() {
+   chkconfig cloud off
+   chkconfig haproxy on ; 
+   chkconfig ssh on
+   chkconfig nfs-common off
+   chkconfig portmap off
+   echo "ssh haproxy" > /var/cache/cloud/enabled_svcs
+   echo "cloud cloud-passwd-srvr dnsmasq apache2 nfs-common portmap" > /var/cache/cloud/disabled_svcs
+}
+
 enable_pcihotplug() {
    sed -i -e "/acpiphp/d" /etc/modules
    sed -i -e "/pci_hotplug/d" /etc/modules
@@ -188,4 +198,14 @@ then
   fi
 fi
 
+if [ "$TYPE" == "elbvm" ]
+then
+  elbvm_svcs
+  if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+  then
+    printf "Failed to execute elbvm svcs\n" >$logfile
+    exit 9
+  fi
+fi
+
 exit $?
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
index e84fd757941..a15ba2fb819 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ public class ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl implements
 
                 List<Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>> networks = new ArrayList<Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>>(2);
                 NicProfile guestNic = new NicProfile();
+                guestNic.setDefaultNic(true);
                 networks.add(new Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>((NetworkVO) guestNetwork, guestNic));
                 networks.add(new Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>(controlConfig, null));