diff --git a/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
index baed753df..ece56d3cd 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             cidr = mask.split(".").map { |e| e.to_i.to_s(2).rjust(8, "0") }.join.count("1").to_s
 
             if network[:type].to_sym == :static
-              if machine.communicate.test("ipadm | grep #{device}/v4")
-                machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm delete-addr #{device}/v4")
-              end
               unless machine.communicate.test("ipadm show-if #{device}")
                 machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm create-ip #{device}")
               end
+              if machine.communicate.test("ipadm | grep #{device}/v4")
+                machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm delete-addr #{device}/v4")
+              end
               machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm create-addr -T static -a #{network[:ip]}/#{cidr} #{device}/v4")
             elsif network[:type].to_sym == :dhcp
               if machine.communicate.test("ipadm show-if -o all | grep #{device} | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 6  | grep '4\|6'")