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 f298670492f7..245d6de5d4a7 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
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ private void deleteVnetBr(String brName, boolean deleteBr) {
             command.add("-v", vNetId);
             command.add("-p", pName);
             command.add("-b", brName);
-            command.add("-d", String.valueOf(deleteBr));
+            if (cmdout != null && !cmdout.contains("vxlan")) {
+                command.add("-d", String.valueOf(deleteBr));
+            }
 
             final String result = command.execute();
             if (result != null) {