diff --git a/jclouds-plugin/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/jclouds/compute/JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java b/jclouds-plugin/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/jclouds/compute/JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java
index b3c24c78..6818e044 100644
--- a/jclouds-plugin/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/jclouds/compute/JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java
+++ b/jclouds-plugin/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/jclouds/compute/JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ public NodeMetadata get() {
         if (assignFloatingIp && options instanceof NovaTemplateOptions) {
             LOGGER.info("Setting autoAssignFloatingIp to true");
             options.as(NovaTemplateOptions.class).autoAssignFloatingIp(true);
+            options.as(NovaTemplateOptions.class).shouldAutoAssignFloatingIp();
         }
 
         if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty((keyPairName)) && options instanceof NovaTemplateOptions) {