diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py
index e3299ad68c1..e92938ac3dd 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from neutron.common import exceptions
 from neutron.common import profiler as setup_profiler
 from neutron.common import topics
 from neutron.common import utils
+from neutron.conf.agent import common as agent_config
 from neutron.plugins.common import constants as p_const
 from neutron.plugins.common import utils as p_utils
 from neutron.plugins.ml2.drivers.agent import _agent_manager_base as amb
@@ -981,6 +982,7 @@ def main():
     common_config.init(sys.argv[1:])
 
     common_config.setup_logging()
+    agent_config.setup_privsep()
     try:
         interface_mappings = helpers.parse_mappings(
             cfg.CONF.LINUX_BRIDGE.physical_interface_mappings)