diff --git a/virtManager/interface.py b/virtManager/interface.py
index 3af59743..2fe61b2a 100644
--- a/virtManager/interface.py
+++ b/virtManager/interface.py
@@ -117,24 +117,35 @@ class vmmInterface(vmmLibvirtObject):
         return [x[0] for x in self.get_slaves()]
 
     def _get_ip(self, iptype):
-        obj = self.get_xmlobj()
-        found = None
-        for protocol in obj.protocols:
+        # Get list of IP addresses from active XML and protocol configuration
+        # from inactive XML to figure out whether the IP address is static or
+        # from DHCP server.
+        activeObj = self.get_xmlobj()
+        inactiveObj = self.get_xmlobj(inactive=True)
+
+        activeProto = None
+        inactiveProto = None
+        for protocol in activeObj.protocols:
             if protocol.family == iptype:
-                found = protocol
+                activeProto = protocol
                 break
-        if not found:
+        for protocol in inactiveObj.protocols:
+            if protocol.family == iptype:
+                inactiveProto = protocol
+                break
+
+        if not activeProto and not inactiveProto:
             return None, []
 
         ret = []
-        for ip in found.ips:
+        for ip in activeProto.ips:
             ipstr = ip.address
             if not ipstr:
                 continue
             if ip.prefix:
                 ipstr += "/%s" % ip.prefix
             ret.append(ipstr)
-        return found, ret
+        return inactiveProto or activeProto, ret
 
     def get_ipv4(self):
         proto, ips = self._get_ip("ipv4")