diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index b20f1a58b949..07461393c60a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3638,7 +3638,7 @@ public boolean configureNetworkRulesVMSecondaryIP(final Connect conn, final Stri
         cmd.add("network_rules_vmSecondaryIp");
         cmd.add("--vmname", vmName);
         cmd.add("--nicsecips", secIp);
-        cmd.add("--action", action);
+        cmd.add("--action=" + action);
 
         final String result = cmd.execute();
         if (result != null) {