diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/MacAddress.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/MacAddress.java
index 214ce68cf16..dc53e4a60e7 100755
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/MacAddress.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/MacAddress.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package com.cloud.utils.net;
 
+import com.cloud.utils.NumbersUtil;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -27,8 +29,6 @@ import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Formatter;
 
-import com.cloud.utils.NumbersUtil;
-
 /**
  * copied from the public domain utility from John Burkard.
  * @author <a href="mailto:jb@eaio.com">Johann Burkard</a>
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ public class MacAddress {
                 String l = null;
                 while ((l = in.readLine()) != null) {
                     macAddress = MacAddress.parse(l);
-                    if (macAddress != null && MacAddress.parseShort(macAddress) != 0xff)
-                        break;
+                    if (macAddress != null) {
+                        short parsedShortMacAddress = MacAddress.parseShort(macAddress);
+                        if (parsedShortMacAddress != 0xff && parsedShortMacAddress != 0x00)
+                            break;
+                    }
+                    macAddress = null;
                 }
             }