diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/type_vlan.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/type_vlan.py
index fbc1f59e409..7e8731a4135 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/type_vlan.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/type_vlan.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class VlanTypeDriver(helpers.SegmentTypeDriver):
                 msg = (_("physical_network '%s' unknown "
                          "for VLAN provider network") % physical_network)
                 raise exc.InvalidInput(error_message=msg)
-            if segmentation_id:
+            if segmentation_id is not None:
                 if not plugin_utils.is_valid_vlan_tag(segmentation_id):
                     msg = (_("segmentation_id out of range (%(min)s through "
                              "%(max)s)") %
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class VlanTypeDriver(helpers.SegmentTypeDriver):
                              "to be specified when creating a provider "
                              "network") % physical_network)
                     raise exc.InvalidInput(error_message=msg)
-        elif segmentation_id:
+        elif segmentation_id is not None:
             msg = _("segmentation_id requires physical_network for VLAN "
                     "provider network")
             raise exc.InvalidInput(error_message=msg)
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/test_type_vlan.py b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/test_type_vlan.py
index 657edea9d85..92b8af58cd8 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/test_type_vlan.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/drivers/test_type_vlan.py
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ class VlanTypeTest(testlib_api.SqlTestCase):
         segment = {api.NETWORK_TYPE: p_const.TYPE_VLAN}
         self.driver.validate_provider_segment(segment)
 
+    def test_validate_provider_segment_no_phys_network_seg_id_0(self):
+        segment = {api.NETWORK_TYPE: p_const.TYPE_VLAN,
+                   api.SEGMENTATION_ID: 0}
+        self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidInput,
+                          self.driver.validate_provider_segment,
+                          segment)
+
     def test_validate_provider_segment_with_missing_physical_network(self):
         segment = {api.NETWORK_TYPE: p_const.TYPE_VLAN,
                    api.SEGMENTATION_ID: 1}
@@ -117,11 +124,15 @@ class VlanTypeTest(testlib_api.SqlTestCase):
 
     def test_validate_provider_segment_with_invalid_segmentation_id(self):
         segment = {api.NETWORK_TYPE: p_const.TYPE_VLAN,
-                   api.PHYSICAL_NETWORK: PROVIDER_NET,
-                   api.SEGMENTATION_ID: 5000}
-        self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidInput,
-                          self.driver.validate_provider_segment,
-                          segment)
+                   api.PHYSICAL_NETWORK: PROVIDER_NET}
+        segmentation_ids = [
+            p_const.MIN_VLAN_TAG - 1,
+            p_const.MAX_VLAN_TAG + 1]
+        for segmentation_id in segmentation_ids:
+            segment[api.SEGMENTATION_ID] = segmentation_id
+            self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidInput,
+                              self.driver.validate_provider_segment,
+                              segment)
 
     def test_validate_provider_segment_with_invalid_input(self):
         segment = {api.NETWORK_TYPE: p_const.TYPE_VLAN,