diff --git a/launch/launch-node.py b/launch/launch-node.py
index d461db497b..be1499cf91 100755
--- a/launch/launch-node.py
+++ b/launch/launch-node.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def bootstrap_server(server, key, name, volume_device, keep,
 
     # Something up with RAX images that they have the ipv6 interface in
     # /etc/network/interfaces but eth0 hasn't noticed yet; reload it
-    ssh_client.ssh('ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0')
+    ssh_client.ssh('(ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0) || true')
 
     if server.public_v6:
         ssh_client.ssh('ping6 -c5 -Q 0x10 review.openstack.org '