diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
index eab65aba5e..ac15cd97f6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go
@@ -1000,7 +1000,6 @@ func (vm *virtualMachine) deployVirtualMachine(c *govmomi.Client) error {
 		NumCPUs:           vm.vcpu,
 		NumCoresPerSocket: 1,
 		MemoryMB:          vm.memoryMb,
-		DeviceChange:      networkDevices,
 	}
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] virtual machine config spec: %v", configSpec)
 
@@ -1024,11 +1023,10 @@ func (vm *virtualMachine) deployVirtualMachine(c *govmomi.Client) error {
 
 	// make vm clone spec
 	cloneSpec := types.VirtualMachineCloneSpec{
-		Location:      relocateSpec,
-		Template:      false,
-		Config:        &configSpec,
-		Customization: &customSpec,
-		PowerOn:       true,
+		Location: relocateSpec,
+		Template: false,
+		Config:   &configSpec,
+		PowerOn:  false,
 	}
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] clone spec: %v", cloneSpec)
 
@@ -1048,6 +1046,43 @@ func (vm *virtualMachine) deployVirtualMachine(c *govmomi.Client) error {
 	}
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] new vm: %v", newVM)
 
+	devices, err := newVM.Device(context.TODO())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Template devices can't be found")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, dvc := range devices {
+		// Issue 3559/3560: Delete all ethernet devices to add the correct ones later
+		if devices.Type(dvc) == "ethernet" {
+			err := newVM.RemoveDevice(context.TODO(), dvc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Add Network devices
+	for _, dvc := range networkDevices {
+		err := newVM.AddDevice(
+			context.TODO(), dvc.GetVirtualDeviceConfigSpec().Device)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	taskb, err := newVM.Customize(context.TODO(), customSpec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = taskb.WaitForResult(context.TODO(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG]VM customization finished")
+
+	newVM.PowerOn(context.TODO())
+
 	ip, err := newVM.WaitForIP(context.TODO())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err