4 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
index 9941bc716..4f634f355 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ func DefineNetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	)
 }
 
-func NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd *cobra.Command) (*entities.NetOptions, error) {
+// NetFlagsToNetOptions parses the network flags for the given cmd.
+// The netnsFromConfig bool is used to indicate if the --network flag
+// should always be parsed regardless if it was set on the cli.
+func NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd *cobra.Command, netnsFromConfig bool) (*entities.NetOptions, error) {
 	var (
 		err error
 	)
@@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ func NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd *cobra.Command) (*entities.NetOptions, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if cmd.Flags().Changed("network") {
+	// parse the --network value only when the flag is set or we need to use
+	// the netns config value, e.g. when --pod is not used
+	if netnsFromConfig || cmd.Flag("network").Changed {
 		network, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("network")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
index 07a859983..68a17abd0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var (
 		err error
 	)
-	cliVals.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd)
+	cliVals.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd, cliVals.Pod == "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
index 2611c5b6e..579af4eb1 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var err error
-	cliVals.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd)
+	cliVals.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd, cliVals.Pod == "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
index 3c2c8a3bc..735dfa78c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
@@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		defer errorhandling.SyncQuiet(podIDFD)
 	}
 
-	createOptions.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd)
+	createOptions.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd, createOptions.Infra)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	if len(createOptions.Net.PublishPorts) > 0 {
 		if !createOptions.Infra {
 			return errors.Errorf("you must have an infra container to publish port bindings to the host")