diff --git a/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/virtual_machine.rb b/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/virtual_machine.rb
index e5c129fa57..e3bc763c7f 100644
--- a/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/virtual_machine.rb
+++ b/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/virtual_machine.rb
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ module OpenNebula
         # @return [Integer, OpenNebula::Error] the new Template ID in case of
         #   success, error otherwise
         REMOVE_VNET_ATTRS = %w{AR_ID BRIDGE CLUSTER_ID IP MAC TARGET NIC_ID
-            NETWORK_ID VN_MAD SECURITY_GROUPS VLAN_ID}
+            VN_MAD SECURITY_GROUPS VLAN_ID}
 
         REMOVE_IMAGE_ATTRS = %w{DEV_PREFIX SOURCE ORIGINAL_SIZE SIZE
             DISK_SNAPSHOT_TOTAL_SIZE DRIVER IMAGE_STATE SAVE CLONE READONLY
@@ -917,6 +917,10 @@ module OpenNebula
                         nic.delete_element(attr)
                     end
 
+                    if !nic['NETWORK_NAME'].empty? && !nic['NETNETWORK_UNAME'].empty?
+                        nic.delete_element('NETWORK_ID')
+                    end
+
                     replace << "NIC = [ " << nic.template_like_str(".").tr("\n", ",\n") << " ] \n"
                 end