diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_edge_router.py b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_edge_router.py
index c4416d7d873..11f31bc5372 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_edge_router.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_edge_router.py
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ class DvrEdgeRouter(dvr_local_router.DvrLocalRouter):
             return
 
         ns_ip = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=self.snat_namespace.name)
-        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                   exclude_gre_devices=True):
             if (d.name.startswith(router.EXTERNAL_DEV_PREFIX) and
                     d.name != interface_name):
                 LOG.debug('Deleting stale external router device: %s', d.name)
diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_fip_ns.py b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_fip_ns.py
index 9bae5c6057f..8d22b0255b4 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_fip_ns.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_fip_ns.py
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ class FipNamespace(namespaces.Namespace):
     @namespaces.check_ns_existence
     def _delete(self):
         ip_wrapper = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=self.name)
-        for d in ip_wrapper.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+        for d in ip_wrapper.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                        exclude_gre_devices=True):
             if d.name.startswith(FIP_2_ROUTER_DEV_PREFIX):
                 # internal link between IRs and FIP NS
                 ip_wrapper.del_veth(d.name)
diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_snat_ns.py b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_snat_ns.py
index f22e717b0c0..085dc5cbc47 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_snat_ns.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_snat_ns.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class SnatNamespace(namespaces.Namespace):
     @namespaces.check_ns_existence
     def delete(self):
         ns_ip = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=self.name)
-        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                   exclude_gre_devices=True):
             if d.name.startswith(constants.SNAT_INT_DEV_PREFIX):
                 LOG.debug('Unplugging DVR device %s', d.name)
                 self.driver.unplug(d.name, namespace=self.name,
diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/namespaces.py b/neutron/agent/l3/namespaces.py
index e70d7bbc500..f65c706c7b4 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/namespaces.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/namespaces.py
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class RouterNamespace(Namespace):
     @check_ns_existence
     def delete(self):
         ns_ip = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=self.name)
-        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                   exclude_gre_devices=True):
             if d.name.startswith(INTERNAL_DEV_PREFIX):
                 # device is on default bridge
                 self.driver.unplug(d.name, namespace=self.name,
diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/router_info.py b/neutron/agent/l3/router_info.py
index 3cf77a0e9ef..121aa5c7042 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/router_info.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/router_info.py
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ class RouterInfo(object):
 
     def _get_existing_devices(self):
         ip_wrapper = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=self.ns_name)
-        ip_devs = ip_wrapper.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True)
+        ip_devs = ip_wrapper.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                         exclude_gre_devices=True)
         return [ip_dev.name for ip_dev in ip_devs]
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py b/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
index 52b4bd3627f..8d4d90a3593 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
@@ -1337,7 +1337,8 @@ class DeviceManager(object):
         ns_ip = ip_lib.IPWrapper(namespace=network.namespace)
         if not ns_ip.netns.exists(network.namespace):
             return
-        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+        for d in ns_ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                   exclude_gre_devices=True):
             # delete all devices except current active DHCP port device
             if d.name != skip_dev_name:
                 LOG.debug("Found stale device %s, deleting", d.name)
diff --git a/neutron/cmd/netns_cleanup.py b/neutron/cmd/netns_cleanup.py
index 1dd391cbd47..dbf1388cbc6 100644
--- a/neutron/cmd/netns_cleanup.py
+++ b/neutron/cmd/netns_cleanup.py
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ def destroy_namespace(conf, namespace, force=False):
                     # the error and continue with the cleanup
                     LOG.error(_LE('Not all processes were killed in %s'),
                               namespace)
-                for device in ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True):
+                for device in ip.get_devices(exclude_loopback=True,
+                                             exclude_gre_devices=True):
                     unplug_device(conf, device)
 
         ip.garbage_collect_namespace()
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/cmd/test_netns_cleanup.py b/neutron/tests/unit/cmd/test_netns_cleanup.py
index 56af8ea9125..cbf030d677b 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/cmd/test_netns_cleanup.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/cmd/test_netns_cleanup.py
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ class TestNetnsCleanup(base.BaseTestCase):
                             expected.extend([
                                 mock.call().netns.exists(ns),
                                 mock.call().get_devices(
-                                    exclude_loopback=True)])
+                                    exclude_loopback=True,
+                                    exclude_gre_devices=True)])
                             self.assertTrue(kill_dhcp.called)
                             unplug.assert_has_calls(
                                 [mock.call(conf, d) for d in