diff --git a/pkg/compute/models/elasticips.go b/pkg/compute/models/elasticips.go
index f6bb60b5db..04b59f4662 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/models/elasticips.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/models/elasticips.go
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ func (self *SElasticip) PerformAssociate(ctx context.Context, userCred mcclient.
 		// IMPORTANT: this serves as a guard against a guest to have multiple
 		// associated elastic_ips
 		seip, _ := server.GetEipOrPublicIp()
-		if seip != nil {
+		if seip != nil && (seip.Mode == api.EIP_MODE_STANDALONE_EIP || seip.GetProviderName() != api.CLOUD_PROVIDER_AWS) {
 			return input, httperrors.NewInvalidStatusError("instance is already associated with eip")
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/compute/models/guests.go b/pkg/compute/models/guests.go
index a2c03078cb..c1d3a20317 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/models/guests.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/models/guests.go
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ func (manager *SGuestManager) ListItemFilter(
 		}
 	}
 
+	var eipMode string
 	usableServerForEipFilter := query.UsableServerForEip
 	if len(usableServerForEipFilter) > 0 {
 		eipObj, err := ElasticipManager.FetchByIdOrName(userCred, usableServerForEipFilter)
@@ -325,6 +326,10 @@ func (manager *SGuestManager) ListItemFilter(
 		}
 		eip := eipObj.(*SElasticip)
 
+		if eip.GetProviderName() == api.CLOUD_PROVIDER_AWS {
+			eipMode = api.EIP_MODE_STANDALONE_EIP
+		}
+
 		if len(eip.NetworkId) > 0 {
 			sq := GuestnetworkManager.Query("guest_id").Equals("network_id", eip.NetworkId).SubQuery()
 			q = q.NotIn("id", sq)
@@ -405,6 +410,9 @@ func (manager *SGuestManager) ListItemFilter(
 		eips := ElasticipManager.Query().SubQuery()
 		sq := eips.Query(eips.Field("associate_id")).Equals("associate_type", api.EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_SERVER)
 		sq = sq.IsNotNull("associate_id").IsNotEmpty("associate_id")
+		if len(eipMode) > 0 {
+			sq = sq.Equals("mode", eipMode)
+		}
 
 		if withEip {
 			q = q.In("id", sq)