diff --git a/horizon/test/firefox_binary.py b/horizon/test/firefox_binary.py
index ba67c7d10e..93cb955914 100644
--- a/horizon/test/firefox_binary.py
+++ b/horizon/test/firefox_binary.py
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import errno
 import platform
 import shutil
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
+import time
 
 from selenium.common import exceptions as selenium_exceptions
 from selenium.webdriver.common import desired_capabilities as dc
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ class WebDriver(firefox.webdriver.WebDriver):
     """Workarounds selenium firefox issues."""
     TEMPDIR = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir="/tmp")
 
+    CONNREFUSED_RETRY_COUNT = 3
+    CONNREFUSED_RETRY_INTERVAL = 5
+
     def __init__(self, firefox_profile=None, firefox_binary=None, timeout=30,
                  desired_capabilities=dc.DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX,
                  proxy=None):
@@ -69,9 +75,27 @@ class WebDriver(firefox.webdriver.WebDriver):
             if firefox_profile is None:
                 firefox_profile = firefox.webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
             self.setup_profile(firefox_profile)
-            super(WebDriver, self).__init__(
-                firefox_profile, FirefoxBinary(), timeout,
-                desired_capabilities, proxy)
+
+            # NOTE(amotoki): workaround for bug 1626643
+            # Connection refused error happens randomly in integration tests.
+            # When a connection refused exception is raised from start_session
+            # called from WebDriver.__init__, retry __init__.
+            for i in range(self.CONNREFUSED_RETRY_COUNT + 1):
+                try:
+                    super(WebDriver, self).__init__(
+                        firefox_profile, FirefoxBinary(), timeout,
+                        desired_capabilities, proxy)
+                    if i > 0:
+                        # i==0 is normal behavior without connection refused.
+                        print('NOTE: Retried %s time(s) due to '
+                              'connection refused.' % i)
+                    break
+                except socket.error as socket_error:
+                    if (socket_error.errno == errno.ECONNREFUSED
+                            and i < self.CONNREFUSED_RETRY_COUNT):
+                        time.sleep(self.CONNREFUSED_RETRY_INTERVAL)
+                        continue
+                    raise
         except selenium_exceptions.WebDriverException:
             # If we can't start, cleanup profile
             shutil.rmtree(self.profile.path)
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/integration_tests/pages/project/compute/instancespage.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/integration_tests/pages/project/compute/instancespage.py
index f23144205b..5a1ccfbe0b 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/integration_tests/pages/project/compute/instancespage.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/integration_tests/pages/project/compute/instancespage.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
+import netaddr
+
 from openstack_dashboard.test.integration_tests.pages import basepage
 from openstack_dashboard.test.integration_tests.regions import forms
 from openstack_dashboard.test.integration_tests.regions import tables
@@ -156,4 +158,6 @@ class InstancesPage(basepage.BaseNavigationPage):
     def get_fixed_ipv4(self, name):
         row = self._get_row_with_instance_name(name)
         ips = row.cells[self.INSTANCES_TABLE_IP_COLUMN].text
-        return ips.split()[0]
+        for ip in ips.split():
+            if netaddr.valid_ipv4(ip):
+                return ip