diff --git a/quark/db/api.py b/quark/db/api.py
index a3566a6..2281536 100644
--- a/quark/db/api.py
+++ b/quark/db/api.py
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ def port_find(context, fields=None, **filters):
         query = query.options(orm.joinedload("ip_addresses.subnet"))
         query = query.options(
             orm.joinedload("ip_addresses.subnet.dns_nameservers"))
+        query = query.options(
+            orm.joinedload("ip_addresses.subnet.routes"))
 
     return query.filter(*model_filters).order_by(asc(models.Port.created_at))
 
diff --git a/quark/db/models.py b/quark/db/models.py
index 9fc9419..b85305a 100644
--- a/quark/db/models.py
+++ b/quark/db/models.py
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ class Subnet(BASEV2, models.HasId, IsHazTags):
                                      primaryjoin='Subnet.id=='
                                      'IPAddress.subnet_id')
     routes = orm.relationship(Route, primaryjoin="Route.subnet_id==Subnet.id",
-                              backref='subnet', cascade='delete',
-                              lazy="joined")
+                              backref='subnet', cascade='delete')
     enable_dhcp = sa.Column(sa.Boolean(), default=False)
     dns_nameservers = orm.relationship(
         DNSNameserver,
diff --git a/quark/ipam.py b/quark/ipam.py
index d2dd18c..b8f0882 100644
--- a/quark/ipam.py
+++ b/quark/ipam.py
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ class QuarkIpam(object):
 
             try:
                 with context.session.begin():
+                    # NOTE(mdietz): Before I removed the lazy=joined, this
+                    #               raised with an unknown column "address"
+                    #               error.
                     address = db_api.ip_address_find(elevated, **ip_kwargs)
 
                     if address:
diff --git a/quark/tests/functional/test_ipam.py b/quark/tests/functional/test_ipam.py
index 8c1478b..2a3e98e 100644
--- a/quark/tests/functional/test_ipam.py
+++ b/quark/tests/functional/test_ipam.py
@@ -72,3 +72,43 @@ class QuarkIPAddressAllocate(QuarkIpamBaseFunctionalTest):
             self.assertEqual(ipaddress[0]['address'], 281470681743362)
             self.assertEqual(ipaddress[0]['version'], 4)
             self.assertEqual(ipaddress[0]['used_by_tenant_id'], "fake")
+
+
+class QuarkIPAddressFindReallocatable(QuarkIpamBaseFunctionalTest):
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def _stubs(self, network, subnet):
+        self.ipam = quark.ipam.QuarkIpamANY()
+        with self.context.session.begin():
+            next_ip = subnet.pop("next_auto_assign_ip", 0)
+            net_mod = db_api.network_create(self.context, **network)
+            subnet["network"] = net_mod
+            sub_mod = db_api.subnet_create(self.context, **subnet)
+            # NOTE(asadoughi): update after cidr constructor has been invoked
+            db_api.subnet_update(self.context,
+                                 sub_mod,
+                                 next_auto_assign_ip=next_ip)
+        yield net_mod
+
+    def test_find_reallocatable_ips_does_not_raise(self):
+        """A patch recently introduced a bug wherein addressses
+        could not be returned to the ip_address_find call in
+        attempt_to_reallocate_ip. Adding this test to prevent
+        a future regression.
+        """
+        network = dict(name="public", tenant_id="fake")
+        ipnet = netaddr.IPNetwork("0.0.0.0/24")
+        next_ip = ipnet.ipv6().first + 2
+        subnet = dict(id=1, cidr="0.0.0.0/24", next_auto_assign_ip=next_ip,
+                      ip_policy=None, tenant_id="fake")
+
+        with self._stubs(network, subnet) as net:
+            ip_kwargs = {
+                "network_id": net["id"], "reuse_after": 14400,
+                "deallocated": True, "scope": db_api.ONE,
+                "lock_mode": True, "version": 4,
+                "order_by": "address"}
+
+            try:
+                db_api.ip_address_find(self.context, **ip_kwargs)
+            except Exception:
+                self.fail("This should not have raised")