diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
index 3b034bb6409..b6814bad9c9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
     private String _modifyVlanPath;
     private String _modifyVxlanPath;
     private String bridgeNameSchema;
+    private Long libvirtVersion;
 
     @Override
     public void configure(Map<String, Object> params) throws ConfigurationException {
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             throw new ConfigurationException("Unable to find modifyvxlan.sh");
         }
 
+        libvirtVersion = (Long) params.get("libvirtVersion");
+        if (libvirtVersion == null) {
+            libvirtVersion = 0L;
+        }
+
         try {
             createControlNetwork();
         } catch (LibvirtException e) {
@@ -102,8 +108,12 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             throw new InternalErrorException("Nicira NVP Logicalswitches are not supported by the BridgeVifDriver");
         }
         String trafficLabel = nic.getName();
+        Integer networkRateKBps = 0;
+        if (libvirtVersion > ((10 * 1000 + 10))) {
+            networkRateKBps = (nic.getNetworkRateMbps() != null && nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() != -1) ? nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() * 128 : 0;
+        }
+
         if (nic.getType() == Networks.TrafficType.Guest) {
-            Integer networkRateKBps = (nic.getNetworkRateMbps() != null && nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() != -1) ? nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() * 128 : 0;
             if ((nic.getBroadcastType() == Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vlan) && (vNetId != null) && (protocol != null) && (!vNetId.equalsIgnoreCase("untagged")) ||
                     (nic.getBroadcastType() == Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vxlan)) {
                     if (trafficLabel != null && !trafficLabel.isEmpty()) {
@@ -122,7 +132,6 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             createControlNetwork();
             intf.defBridgeNet(_bridges.get("linklocal"), null, nic.getMac(), getGuestNicModel(guestOsType, nicAdapter));
         } else if (nic.getType() == Networks.TrafficType.Public) {
-            Integer networkRateKBps = (nic.getNetworkRateMbps() != null && nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() != -1) ? nic.getNetworkRateMbps().intValue() * 128 : 0;
             if ((nic.getBroadcastType() == Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vlan) && (vNetId != null) && (protocol != null) && (!vNetId.equalsIgnoreCase("untagged")) ||
                     (nic.getBroadcastType() == Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vxlan)) {
                 if (trafficLabel != null && !trafficLabel.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index d7b2af62409..9a4ae16cadb 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         params.put("libvirt.host.pifs", _pifs);
 
         params.put("libvirt.computing.resource", this);
+        params.put("libvirtVersion", _hypervisorLibvirtVersion);
 
         configureVifDrivers(params);