diff --git a/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
index 92e47703a..3aab75d86 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/configure_networks.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               #machine.communicate.execute("#{ifconfig_cmd} up")
               #machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} sh -c \"echo '#{network[:ip]}' > /etc/hostname.#{device}\"")
               # ipadm create-addr -T static -a local=172.16.10.15/24 net2/v4
-              machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm create-addr -T static -a #{network[:ip]}/#{cidr} #{device}/v4")
+              if not machine.communicate.test("ipadm | grep #{network[:ip]} | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 4")
+                machine.communicate.execute("#{su_cmd} ipadm create-addr -T static -a #{network[:ip]}/#{cidr} #{device}/v4")
+              end
             elsif network[:type].to_sym == :dhcp
               #machine.communicate.execute("#{ifconfig_cmd} dhcp start")
               if machine.communicate.test("ipadm show-if -o all | grep #{device} | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 6  | grep '4\|6'")