diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb b/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
index 87954401ce..e4c3dba13c 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ class ExecDriver < VirtualMachineDriver
             {
                 :driver       => :vnm,
                 :action       => :post,
+                :skip         => ['elastic'],
                 :parameters   => [:deploy_id, :host]
             }
         ]
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb b/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
index e1eec224ed..fdaa4d15cd 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class VirtualNetworkDriver
     def do_action(id, aname, ops = {})
         options={
             :stdin      => nil,
-            :parameters => nil
+            :parameters => nil,
+            :skip       => nil
         }.merge(ops)
 
         cmd_params =  ''
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ class VirtualNetworkDriver
         infos  = ''
 
         @vnm_drivers.each do |subdirectory|
+            next if options[:skip] && options[:skip].include?(subdirectory)
+
             cmd = action_command_line(aname, cmd_params, nil, subdirectory)
 
             if action_is_local?(aname, subdirectory)