diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
index 5be54aba61..3e872b2153 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class Template
                     when VCenterDriver::Network::NETWORK_TYPE_DPG
                         config[:sw_name] = nic[:network].config.distributedVirtualSwitch.name
                         # For DistributedVirtualPortgroups there is networks and uplinks
-                        config[:uplink] = nic[:network].config.uplink
+                        config[:uplink] = false
                     # NSX-V PortGroups
                     when VCenterDriver::Network::NETWORK_TYPE_NSXV
                         config[:sw_name] = nic[:network].config.distributedVirtualSwitch.name