diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
index b0ada72dff6..7204b2521d6 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -985,7 +985,6 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, V
                 buf.append(" eth").append(deviceId).append("mask=").append(nic.getNetmask());
             }
 
-            buf.append(" eth").append(deviceId).append("mask=").append(nic.getNetmask());
             if (nic.isDefaultNic()) {
                 buf.append(" gateway=").append(nic.getGateway());
             }
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
index 6ae00a538cf..ba153c45cc3 100755
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ public class NetUtils {
     	List<String> cidrList = new ArrayList<String>();
     	try {
 	    	for(NetworkInterface ifc : IteratorUtil.enumerationAsIterable(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces())) {
-		    	for (InterfaceAddress address : ifc.getInterfaceAddresses()) {
-		    		InetAddress addr = address.getAddress();
-		    		int prefixLength = address.getNetworkPrefixLength();
-		    		if(prefixLength < 32 && prefixLength > 0) {
-		    			String ip = ipFromInetAddress(addr);
-	    				cidrList.add(ipAndNetMaskToCidr(ip, getCidrNetmask(prefixLength)));
-		    		}
-		    	}
+	    		if(ifc.isUp() && !ifc.isVirtual() && !ifc.isLoopback()) {
+			    	for (InterfaceAddress address : ifc.getInterfaceAddresses()) {
+			    		InetAddress addr = address.getAddress();
+			    		int prefixLength = address.getNetworkPrefixLength();
+			    		if(prefixLength < 32 && prefixLength > 0) {
+			    			String ip = ipFromInetAddress(addr);
+		    				cidrList.add(ipAndNetMaskToCidr(ip, getCidrNetmask(prefixLength)));
+			    		}
+			    	}
+	    		}
 	    	}
     	} catch(SocketException e) {
         	s_logger.warn("UnknownHostException in getLocalCidrs().", e);