diff --git a/tools/burnin b/tools/burnin
index fec9a04019b66ad021e066799d2ff141cef7f60f..bf93c72e82c370920115f0b61f3c3966dfb2cfb2 100755
--- a/tools/burnin
+++ b/tools/burnin
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 #
 
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Google Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Google Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -905,17 +905,21 @@ class Burner(object):
 
   @_DoBatch(False)
   def BurnAddRemoveNICs(self):
-    """Add and remove an extra NIC for the instances."""
+    """Add, change and remove an extra NIC for the instances."""
     Log("Adding and removing NICs")
     for instance in self.instances:
       Log("instance %s", instance, indent=1)
       op_add = opcodes.OpInstanceSetParams(\
         instance_name=instance, nics=[(constants.DDM_ADD, {})])
+      op_chg = opcodes.OpInstanceSetParams(\
+        instance_name=instance, nics=[(constants.DDM_MODIFY,
+                                       -1, {"mac": constants.VALUE_GENERATE})])
       op_rem = opcodes.OpInstanceSetParams(\
         instance_name=instance, nics=[(constants.DDM_REMOVE, {})])
       Log("adding a NIC", indent=2)
+      Log("changing a NIC", indent=2)
       Log("removing last NIC", indent=2)
-      self.ExecOrQueue(instance, [op_add, op_rem])
+      self.ExecOrQueue(instance, [op_add, op_chg, op_rem])
 
   def ConfdCallback(self, reply):
     """Callback for confd queries"""