diff --git a/appvm/qubes_core_appvm b/appvm/qubes_core_appvm
index cb1fe53..a4c2465 100755
--- a/appvm/qubes_core_appvm
+++ b/appvm/qubes_core_appvm
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ start()
 			usleep 10
 		done
 		echo Back to life.
-		# Fix IP address (replace template IP with DispVM one)
-		IP=$(/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_ip 2>/dev/null)
-		if [ "$IP" ]; then
-			ip addr flush dev eth0
-			ip addr add dev eth0 $IP/32
-			ip route add dev eth0
-		fi
 	fi
 
 	MEM_CHANGE_THRESHOLD_KB=30000
diff --git a/common/qubes_core b/common/qubes_core
index 357be8a..74158a6 100755
--- a/common/qubes_core
+++ b/common/qubes_core
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ start()
 		hostname $name
 	fi
 
+	# Set IP address again (besides action in udev rules); this is needed by
+	# DispVM (to override DispVM-template IP) and in case when qubes_ip was
+	# called by udev before loading evtchn kernel module - in which case
+	# xenstore-read fails
+	INTERFACE=eth0 /usr/lib/qubes/setup_ip
+
 	if [ -e /dev/xvdb ] ; then
 		mount /rw
 
diff --git a/common/setup_ip b/common/setup_ip
index aec795e..61f197c 100755
--- a/common/setup_ip
+++ b/common/setup_ip
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-ip=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_ip`
-netmask=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_netmask`
-gateway=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_gateway`
-secondary_dns=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_secondary_dns`
+ip=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_ip 2> /dev/null`
 if [ x$ip != x ]; then
+    netmask=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_netmask`
+    gateway=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_gateway`
+    secondary_dns=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_secondary_dns`
     /sbin/ifconfig $INTERFACE $ip netmask 255.255.255.255
     /sbin/ifconfig $INTERFACE up
     /sbin/route add default dev $INTERFACE