diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-ceph-offline/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-ceph-offline/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
index 9fb7110..6f03dca 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-ceph-offline/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-ceph-offline/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
    - echo "supersede domain-name-servers $DNS_IP" >> /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
    # Prepare network connection
    - sudo ifdown ens3
+   - sudo ip r d default || true  # remove existing default route to get it from dhcp
    - sudo ifup ens3
    #- sudo route add default gw {gateway} {interface_name}