diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/StartNBDServerCommand.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/StartNBDServerCommand.java
index b0e452df33c..47dd2b4a6df 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/StartNBDServerCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/StartNBDServerCommand.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.Command;
 
 public class StartNBDServerCommand extends Command {
     private String transferId;
-    private String hostIpAddress;
     private String exportName;
     private String volumePath;
     private String socket;
@@ -30,19 +29,14 @@ public class StartNBDServerCommand extends Command {
     public StartNBDServerCommand() {
     }
 
-    protected StartNBDServerCommand(String transferId, String hostIpAddress, String exportName, String volumePath, String direction) {
+    protected StartNBDServerCommand(String transferId, String exportName, String volumePath, String socket, String direction) {
         this.transferId = transferId;
-        this.hostIpAddress = hostIpAddress;
+        this.socket = socket;
         this.exportName = exportName;
         this.volumePath = volumePath;
         this.direction = direction;
     }
 
-    public StartNBDServerCommand(String transferId, String hostIpAddress, String exportName, String volumePath, String socket, String direction) {
-        this(transferId, hostIpAddress, exportName, volumePath, direction);
-        this.socket = socket;
-    }
-
     public String getExportName() {
         return exportName;
     }
@@ -51,10 +45,6 @@ public class StartNBDServerCommand extends Command {
         return socket;
     }
 
-    public String getHostIpAddress() {
-        return hostIpAddress;
-    }
-
     public String getTransferId() {
         return transferId;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper.java
index 71d9a06a360..263e5f1cae5 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<StartNBD
     public Answer execute(StartNBDServerCommand cmd, LibvirtComputingResource resource) {
         String volumePath = cmd.getVolumePath();
         String socket = cmd.getSocket();
-        String hostIpAddress = cmd.getHostIpAddress();
         String exportName = cmd.getExportName();
         String transferId = cmd.getTransferId();
 
@@ -49,9 +48,6 @@ public class LibvirtStartNBDServerCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<StartNBD
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(exportName)) {
             return new StartNBDServerAnswer(cmd, false, "Export name is required for the nbd server");
         }
-        if (StringUtils.isBlank(hostIpAddress)) {
-            return new StartNBDServerAnswer(cmd, false, "Host IP address is required for the nbd server");
-        }
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(socket)) {
             return new StartNBDServerAnswer(cmd, false, "Socket is required for the nbd server");
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/IncrementalBackupServiceImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/IncrementalBackupServiceImpl.java
index fa5298e1fa8..534ae75384f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/IncrementalBackupServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/backup/IncrementalBackupServiceImpl.java
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ public class IncrementalBackupServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements Increme
         }
         StartNBDServerCommand nbdServerCmd = new StartNBDServerCommand(
                 transferId,
-                host.getPublicIpAddress(),
                 exportName,
                 volumePath,
                 transferId,