diff --git a/inventory_provider/nokia.py b/inventory_provider/nokia.py
index 065c9be4d3f60c166dfb4cdb006146ca90a19aee..f48cbfa704a7862a955e9935136b6a19bc204711 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/nokia.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/nokia.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import re
 
 from ncclient import manager, xml_
 
+from lxml import etree
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -236,15 +237,16 @@ def get_lags_config(netconf_config):
 
 def get_interfaces_config(netconf_config):
 
+    def _get_address_node_info(_e):
+        # HACKHACK: quick workaround for DBOARD3-965
+        # TODO: fix this properly
+        yield from _e.xpath('n:address', namespaces=NS)
+        yield from _e.xpath('n:primary', namespaces=NS)
+
     def _get_ip_address(e):
-        for details_parent in e:
-            # example element
-            # <primary> # details_parent - not always primary
-            #     <address>62.40.119.9</address>
-            #     <prefix-length>32</prefix-length>
-            # </primary>
-            address = details_parent[0].text
-            prefix_length = details_parent[1].text
+        for _address_elem in _get_address_node_info(e):
+            address = _address_elem[0].text
+            prefix_length = _address_elem[1].text
             ip_string = f'{address}/{prefix_length}'
             yield ip_string
 
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ def get_interfaces_config(netconf_config):
         if admin_state is not None:
             details["admin-state"] = admin_state.text
 
+
         for element in interface.xpath('n:ipv4', namespaces=NS):
             details["ipv4"].extend(_get_ip_address(element))