diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index 26eba35279..2a7926d75b 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -4211,6 +4211,9 @@ nm_utils_ifname_valid (const char* name,
 		return _nm_utils_ifname_valid_kernel (name, error);
 	case NMU_IFACE_OVS:
 		return _nm_utils_ifname_valid_ovs (name, error);
+	case NMU_IFACE_OVS_AND_KERNEL:
+		return    _nm_utils_ifname_valid_kernel (name, error)
+		       && _nm_utils_ifname_valid_ovs (name, error);
 	case NMU_IFACE_ANY: {
 		gs_free_error GError *local = NULL;
 
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index dc29b85d02..63badb3cd6 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	NMU_IFACE_ANY,
 	NMU_IFACE_KERNEL,
 	NMU_IFACE_OVS,
+	NMU_IFACE_OVS_AND_KERNEL,
 } NMUtilsIfaceType;
 
 gboolean nm_utils_ifname_valid_kernel (const char *name, GError **error);