diff --git a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
index 84f5e4b2e2..4dfb0ffd4c 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ do
   if [ -n "$iface" ] && [ "$iface" != "null" ]
   then
     ovs-vsctl --no-wait --may-exist add-port $bridge $iface
+    ip link set dev $iface up
   fi
 done