diff --git a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
index a7a80a6b77b0..653d073bae45 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void ovs_dp_notify_wq(struct work_struct *work)
 			struct hlist_node *n;
 
 			hlist_for_each_entry_safe(vport, n, &dp->ports[i], dp_hash_node) {
-				if (vport->ops->type != OVS_VPORT_TYPE_NETDEV)
+				if (vport->ops->type == OVS_VPORT_TYPE_INTERNAL)
 					continue;
 
 				if (!(vport->dev->priv_flags & IFF_OVS_DATAPATH))
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index b327368a3848..6b0190b987ec 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -180,9 +180,13 @@ void ovs_netdev_tunnel_destroy(struct vport *vport)
 	if (vport->dev->priv_flags & IFF_OVS_DATAPATH)
 		ovs_netdev_detach_dev(vport);
 
-	/* Early release so we can unregister the device */
+	/* We can be invoked by both explicit vport deletion and
+	 * underlying netdev deregistration; delete the link only
+	 * if it's not already shutting down.
+	 */
+	if (vport->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		rtnl_delete_link(vport->dev);
 	dev_put(vport->dev);
-	rtnl_delete_link(vport->dev);
 	vport->dev = NULL;
 	rtnl_unlock();