diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
index 8ff265e9b54..d6ee85fba51 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
                         String brName = createVnetBr(vNetId, trafficLabel, protocol);
                         intf.defBridgeNet(brName, null, nic.getMac(), getGuestNicModel(guestOsType, nicAdapter), networkRateKBps);
                     } else {
-                        String brName = createVnetBr(vNetId, "private", protocol);
+                        String brName = createVnetBr(vNetId, _bridges.get("private"), protocol);
                         intf.defBridgeNet(brName, null, nic.getMac(), getGuestNicModel(guestOsType, nicAdapter), networkRateKBps);
                     }
             } else {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
 
     private String createVnetBr(String vNetId, String pifKey, String protocol) throws InternalErrorException {
         String nic = _pifs.get(pifKey);
-        if (nic == null) {
+        if (nic == null || protocol.equals(Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vxlan.scheme())) {
             // if not found in bridge map, maybe traffic label refers to pif already?
             File pif = new File("/sys/class/net/" + pifKey);
             if (pif.isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
index 5f7066a7a40..7c0ed968951 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class IvsVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
 
     private String createVnetBr(String vNetId, String pifKey, String protocol) throws InternalErrorException {
         String nic = _pifs.get(pifKey);
-        if (nic == null) {
+        if (nic == null || protocol.equals(Networks.BroadcastDomainType.Vxlan.scheme())) {
             // if not found in bridge map, maybe traffic label refers to pif already?
             File pif = new File("/sys/class/net/" + pifKey);
             if (pif.isDirectory()) {