diff --git a/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index 8ee8a66063..d4aebb9de9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/openstackproviderconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/networking/v2/ports"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -200,17 +199,17 @@ type SubnetFilter struct {
 }
 
 type PortOpts struct {
-	NetworkID           string              `json:"networkID" required:"true"`
-	NameSuffix          string              `json:"nameSuffix" required:"true"`
-	Description         string              `json:"description,omitempty"`
-	AdminStateUp        *bool               `json:"adminStateUp,omitempty"`
-	MACAddress          string              `json:"macAddress,omitempty"`
-	FixedIPs            []FixedIPs          `json:"fixedIPs,omitempty"`
-	TenantID            string              `json:"tenantID,omitempty"`
-	ProjectID           string              `json:"projectID,omitempty"`
-	SecurityGroups      *[]string           `json:"securityGroups,omitempty"`
-	AllowedAddressPairs []ports.AddressPair `json:"allowedAddressPairs,omitempty"`
-	Tags                []string            `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	NetworkID           string        `json:"networkID" required:"true"`
+	NameSuffix          string        `json:"nameSuffix" required:"true"`
+	Description         string        `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	AdminStateUp        *bool         `json:"adminStateUp,omitempty"`
+	MACAddress          string        `json:"macAddress,omitempty"`
+	FixedIPs            []FixedIPs    `json:"fixedIPs,omitempty"`
+	TenantID            string        `json:"tenantID,omitempty"`
+	ProjectID           string        `json:"projectID,omitempty"`
+	SecurityGroups      *[]string     `json:"securityGroups,omitempty"`
+	AllowedAddressPairs []AddressPair `json:"allowedAddressPairs,omitempty"`
+	Tags                []string      `json:"tags,omitempty"`
 
 	// The ID of the host where the port is allocated
 	HostID string `json:"hostID,omitempty"`
@@ -224,6 +223,11 @@ type PortOpts struct {
 	PortSecurity *bool `json:"portSecurity,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type AddressPair struct {
+	IPAddress  string `json:"ipAddress,omitempty"`
+	MACAddress string `json:"macAddress,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type FixedIPs struct {
 	SubnetID  string `json:"subnetID"`
 	IPAddress string `json:"ipAddress,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go b/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
index 2f7820b118..1fbc6101f8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/openstack/clients/machineservice.go
@@ -342,7 +342,14 @@ func getOrCreatePort(is *InstanceService, name string, portOpts openstackconfigv
 			TenantID:            portOpts.TenantID,
 			ProjectID:           portOpts.ProjectID,
 			SecurityGroups:      portOpts.SecurityGroups,
-			AllowedAddressPairs: portOpts.AllowedAddressPairs,
+			AllowedAddressPairs: []ports.AddressPair{},
+		}
+
+		for _, ap := range portOpts.AllowedAddressPairs {
+			createOpts.AllowedAddressPairs = append(createOpts.AllowedAddressPairs, ports.AddressPair{
+				IPAddress:  ap.IPAddress,
+				MACAddress: ap.MACAddress,
+			})
 		}
 		if len(portOpts.FixedIPs) != 0 {
 			fixedIPs := make([]ports.IP, len(portOpts.FixedIPs))
@@ -533,7 +540,7 @@ func (is *InstanceService) InstanceCreate(clusterName string, name string, clust
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to retrieve cluster Infrastructure object: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	allowedAddressPairs := []ports.AddressPair{}
+	allowedAddressPairs := []openstackconfigv1.AddressPair{}
 	if clusterInfra != nil && clusterInfra.Status.PlatformStatus != nil && clusterInfra.Status.PlatformStatus.OpenStack != nil {
 		clusterVips := []string{
 			clusterInfra.Status.PlatformStatus.OpenStack.APIServerInternalIP,
@@ -543,7 +550,7 @@ func (is *InstanceService) InstanceCreate(clusterName string, name string, clust
 
 		for _, vip := range clusterVips {
 			if vip != "" {
-				allowedAddressPairs = append(allowedAddressPairs, ports.AddressPair{IPAddress: vip})
+				allowedAddressPairs = append(allowedAddressPairs, openstackconfigv1.AddressPair{IPAddress: vip})
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -557,7 +564,7 @@ func (is *InstanceService) InstanceCreate(clusterName string, name string, clust
 		portOpt.SecurityGroups = &securityGroups
 		portOpt.AllowedAddressPairs = allowedAddressPairs
 		if _, ok := netsWithoutAllowedAddressPairs[portOpt.NetworkID]; ok {
-			portOpt.AllowedAddressPairs = []ports.AddressPair{}
+			portOpt.AllowedAddressPairs = []openstackconfigv1.AddressPair{}
 		}
 
 		port, err := getOrCreatePort(is, name, portOpt)