diff --git a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-compute-init.sh.tpl b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-compute-init.sh.tpl
index 24c3b4312d..aa94ca118a 100644
--- a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-compute-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-compute-init.sh.tpl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if [ -z "${client_address}" ] ; then
     fi
 
     # determine client ip dynamically based on interface provided
-    client_address=$(ip a s $client_interface | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F "/" '{print $1}')
+    client_address=$(ip a s $client_interface | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F "/" '{print $1}' | head -n 1)
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${listen_ip}" ] ; then
diff --git a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-proxy-init.sh.tpl b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-proxy-init.sh.tpl
index 37000e651c..9bed70dcbf 100644
--- a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-proxy-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-console-proxy-init.sh.tpl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if [ -z "${client_address}" ] ; then
     fi
 
     # determine client ip dynamically based on interface provided
-    client_address=$(ip a s $client_interface | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F "/" '{print $1}')
+    client_address=$(ip a s $client_interface | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F "/" '{print $1}' | head -n 1)
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${listen_ip}" ] ; then
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ cat <<EOF>/tmp/pod-shared/nova-spice.ini
 server_proxyclient_address = $client_address
 server_listen = $listen_ip
 EOF
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi