diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 5293c64465..1f2e346341 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func deletePossibleKicLeftOver(cname string, driverName string) {
 	}
 
 	// TODO: move to oci.DeleteContainer?
-	defaultNetwork := fmt.Sprintf("%s-network", cname)
+	defaultNetwork := cname
 	err = oci.RemoveNetwork(defaultNetwork)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("error deleting network. :%v", errs)
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 255e580edb..61b84edc8c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ func NewDriver(c Config) *Driver {
 
 // Create a host using the driver's config
 func (d *Driver) Create() error {
-	defaultNetwork := fmt.Sprintf("%s-network", d.MachineName)
-	defaultIPRange := "192.168.39.0/24"
-
-	err := oci.CreateNetwork(defaultNetwork, defaultIPRange)
-	if err != nil {
-		// use k8s network? fail?
-		return err
-	}
-
 	params := oci.CreateParams{
 		Name:          d.NodeConfig.MachineName,
 		Image:         d.NodeConfig.ImageDigest,
@@ -87,8 +78,13 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 		ExtraArgs:     []string{"--expose", fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.NodeConfig.APIServerPort)},
 		OCIBinary:     d.NodeConfig.OCIBinary,
 		APIServerPort: d.NodeConfig.APIServerPort,
-		Network:       defaultNetwork,
-		IP:            "192.168.39.2",
+	}
+
+	if err := oci.CreateNetwork(d.MachineName, defaultIPRange); err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("unable to create docker network; node ip may not be stable: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		params.Network = defaultNetwork
+		params.IP = "192.168.39.2"
 	}
 
 	// control plane specific options
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
index 51e0925706..619c77b2a4 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
@@ -165,12 +165,15 @@ func dockerContainerIP(name string) (string, string, error) {
 
 // CreateNetwork creates a network
 func CreateNetwork(name, ipRange string) error {
-	// TODO: validate if exist?
+	// check if the network already exists
+	if networkExists(name) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	// TODO: subnet conflict
 	// TODO: configure gateway explictly
 
 	subnet := fmt.Sprintf("--subnet=%s", ipRange)
-	_, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "create", "--driver=bridge", subnet, name))
+	_, err = runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "create", "--driver=bridge", subnet, name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating network")
 	}
@@ -180,12 +183,23 @@ func CreateNetwork(name, ipRange string) error {
 
 // RemoveNetwork removes a network
 func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
-	// TODO: check if exist?
-
-	_, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "remove", name))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error removing network")
+	if !networkExists {
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	return nil
+	_, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "remove", name))
+	return err
+}
+
+func networkExists(name string) bool {
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "ls", "--format", "{{.Name}}"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "listing networks")
+	}
+	networks := strings.Split(rr.Output(), "\n")
+	for _, n := range networks {
+		if n == name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
index 96731ceeb8..37d87f87c0 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
@@ -142,18 +142,18 @@ func CreateContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
 		"--label", p.NodeLabel,
 	}
 
-	// network
-	if p.OCIBinary == Docker && runtime.GOOS == "linux" { // for now only docker on linux
-		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--network", p.Network)
-		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--ip", p.IP)
-	}
-
 	// volume
 	if p.OCIBinary == Podman { // enable execing in /var
 		// podman mounts var/lib with no-exec by default  https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/5103
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var:exec", p.Name))
 	}
 	if p.OCIBinary == Docker {
+		// on linux, we can provide a static IP for docker
+		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && p.Network != "" && p.IP != "" {
+			runArgs = append(runArgs, "--network", p.Network)
+			runArgs = append(runArgs, "--ip", p.IP)
+		}
+
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var", p.Name))
 		// ignore apparmore github actions docker: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7624
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--security-opt", "apparmor=unconfined")
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 99acc614b5..7fc8a5b8d7 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const (
 	Version = "v0.0.10"
 	// SHA of the kic base image
 	baseImageSHA = "f58e0c4662bac8a9b5dda7984b185bad8502ade5d9fa364bf2755d636ab51438"
+
+	defaultIPRange = "192.168.39.0/24"
 )
 
 var (