@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ func InitDriver(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {

 		network = addr.(*net.IPNet)

 		// validate that the bridge ip matches the ip specified by BridgeIP

 		if bridgeIP != "" {

-			if !network.IP.Equal(net.ParseIP(bridgeIP)) {

-				return job.Errorf("bridge ip (%s) does not match existing bridge configuration %s", network.IP, bridgeIP)

+			bip, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(bridgeIP)

+			if err != nil {

+				return job.Error(err)

+			}

+			if !network.IP.Equal(bip) {

+				return job.Errorf("bridge ip (%s) does not match existing bridge configuration %s", network.IP, bip)

 			}

 		}

 	}