diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/handlers/smm.py b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/handlers/smm.py
index 8f6564ac..d2922954 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/handlers/smm.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/handlers/smm.py
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ class NodeHandler(bmchandler.NodeHandler):
             smmip = smmip[-1][0]
             if smmip and ':' in smmip:
                 raise exc.NotImplementedException('IPv6 not supported')
+            wc.request('POST', '/data', 'get=hostname')
+            rsp = wc.getresponse()
+            rspdata = fromstring(util.stringify(rsp.read()))
+            currip = rspdata.find('netConfig').find('ifConfigEntries').find(
+                'ifConfig').find('v4IPAddr').text
+            if currip == smmip:
+                return
             netconfig = netutil.get_nic_config(cfg, nodename, ip=smmip)
             netmask = netutil.cidr_to_mask(netconfig['prefix'])
             setdata = 'set=ifIndex:0,v4DHCPEnabled:0,v4IPAddr:{0},v4NetMask:{1}'.format(smmip, netmask)