diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netris/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/service/NetrisApiClientImpl.java b/plugins/network-elements/netris/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/service/NetrisApiClientImpl.java
index a140f171f64..d7999142945 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netris/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/service/NetrisApiClientImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netris/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/service/NetrisApiClientImpl.java
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ public class NetrisApiClientImpl implements NetrisApiClient {
                 }
                 ipamAllocationId = new BigDecimal(ipamAllocation.getId());
             }
-            IpTreeSubnet exactSubnet = getIpamSubnetByAllocationAndPrefixAndPurposeAndVpc(ipamAllocationId, exactCidr, IpTreeSubnet.PurposeEnum.NAT, systemVpc);
+            IpTreeSubnet exactSubnet = getIpamSubnetByAllocationAndPrefixAndPurposeAndVpc(ipamAllocationId, exactCidr, IpTreeSubnet.PurposeEnum.COMMON, systemVpc);
             if (exactSubnet == null) {
                 String ipamSubnetName = NetrisResourceObjectUtils.retrieveNetrisResourceObjectName(cmd, NetrisResourceObjectUtils.NetrisObjectType.IPAM_SUBNET, exactCidr);
-                createIpamSubnetInternal(ipamSubnetName, exactCidr, SubnetBody.PurposeEnum.NAT, systemVpc);
+                createIpamSubnetInternal(ipamSubnetName, exactCidr, SubnetBody.PurposeEnum.COMMON, systemVpc);
             }
         } catch (ApiException e) {
             String msg = String.format("Error setting up the Netris Public Range %s on super CIDR %s", exactCidr, superCidr);