diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py b/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
index 937dcb5caff..6dbeab76eaa 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class IPWrapper(SubProcessBase):
             else:
                 raise n_exc.NetworkVxlanPortRangeError(vxlan_range=srcport)
         if dstport:
-            kwargs['vxlan_port'] = str(dstport)
+            kwargs['vxlan_port'] = dstport
         privileged.create_interface(name, self.namespace, "vxlan", **kwargs)
         return (IPDevice(name, namespace=self.namespace))
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
index d9e0ba42465..27112500696 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class TestIpWrapper(base.BaseTestCase):
             'vxlan_local': 'local0',
             'vxlan_proxy': True,
             'vxlan_port_range': ('1', '2'),
-            'vxlan_port': '4789'}
+            'vxlan_port': 4789}
 
         retval = ip_lib.IPWrapper().add_vxlan('vxlan0', 'vni0',
                                               group='group0',