diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f96f88e1..08c22e02 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ byobu (4.48) unreleased; urgency=low
     usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt:
     - add a keybinding, Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4, to move a window right
       or left in the list
+  * usr/lib/byobu/ip_address:
+    - remove some first-launch noise, when ip address is not yet available
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:54:11 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address b/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
index 864b42f5..0269caec 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ __ip_address() {
 			if [ "$IP_EXTERNAL" = "1" ]; then
 				ipaddr=$(wget -O- -q http://v6.ipv6-test.com/api/myip.php)
 			else
-				ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -6 addr list dev "$interface" scope global)
+				ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -6 addr list dev "$interface" scope global 2>/dev/null)
 				# Print 'None' if we have no global address
 				[ -z "$ipaddr" ] && ipaddr="None"
 				ipaddr=${ipaddr#* inet6 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ __ip_address() {
 				# We're in EC2, so get our public IP address
 				ipaddr=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4)
 			else
-				ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -4 addr list dev "$interface" scope global)
+				ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -4 addr list dev "$interface" scope global 2>/dev/null)
 				ipaddr=${ipaddr#* inet }
 				ipaddr=${ipaddr%%/*}
 			fi