diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device-bridge.c b/src/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
index 650500b342..68e1ac282e 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
@@ -173,33 +173,34 @@ typedef struct {
 	uint nm_default;
 	bool default_if_zero;
 	bool user_hz_compensate;
+	bool only_with_stp;
 } Option;
 
 static const Option master_options[] = {
-	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_STP,                "stp_state",
+	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_STP,                "stp_state", /* this must stay as the first item */
 	                                        0, 1, 1,
-	                                        FALSE, FALSE },
+	                                        FALSE, FALSE, FALSE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_PRIORITY,           "priority",
 	                                        0, G_MAXUINT16, 0x8000,
-	                                        TRUE, FALSE },
+	                                        TRUE, FALSE, TRUE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_FORWARD_DELAY,      "forward_delay",
 	                                        0, NM_BR_MAX_FORWARD_DELAY, 15,
-	                                        TRUE, TRUE },
+	                                        TRUE, TRUE, TRUE},
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_HELLO_TIME,         "hello_time",
 	                                        0, NM_BR_MAX_HELLO_TIME, 2,
-	                                        TRUE, TRUE },
+	                                        TRUE, TRUE, TRUE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_MAX_AGE,            "max_age",
 	                                        0, NM_BR_MAX_MAX_AGE, 20,
-	                                        TRUE, TRUE },
+	                                        TRUE, TRUE, TRUE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_AGEING_TIME,        "ageing_time",
 	                                        NM_BR_MIN_AGEING_TIME, NM_BR_MAX_AGEING_TIME, 300,
-	                                        TRUE, TRUE },
+	                                        TRUE, TRUE, FALSE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_GROUP_FORWARD_MASK, "group_fwd_mask",
 	                                        0, 0xFFFF, 0,
-	                                        TRUE, FALSE },
+	                                        TRUE, FALSE, FALSE },
 	{ NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_MULTICAST_SNOOPING, "multicast_snooping",
 	                                        0, 1, 1,
-	                                        FALSE, FALSE },
+	                                        FALSE, FALSE, FALSE },
 	{ NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -300,16 +301,29 @@ update_connection (NMDevice *device, NMConnection *connection)
 	NMSettingBridge *s_bridge = nm_connection_get_setting_bridge (connection);
 	int ifindex = nm_device_get_ifindex (device);
 	const Option *option;
+	gs_free char *stp = NULL;
+	int stp_value;
 
 	if (!s_bridge) {
 		s_bridge = (NMSettingBridge *) nm_setting_bridge_new ();
 		nm_connection_add_setting (connection, (NMSetting *) s_bridge);
 	}
 
-	for (option = master_options; option->name; option++) {
+	option = master_options;
+	nm_assert (nm_streq (option->sysname, "stp_state"));
+
+	stp = nm_platform_sysctl_master_get_option (nm_device_get_platform (device), ifindex, option->sysname);
+	stp_value = _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_int64 (stp, 10, option->nm_min, option->nm_max, option->nm_default);
+	g_object_set (s_bridge, option->name, stp_value, NULL);
+	option++;
+
+	for (; option->name; option++) {
 		gs_free char *str = nm_platform_sysctl_master_get_option (nm_device_get_platform (device), ifindex, option->sysname);
 		uint value;
 
+		if (!stp_value && option->only_with_stp)
+			continue;
+
 		if (str) {
 			/* See comments in set_sysfs_uint() about centiseconds. */
 			if (option->user_hz_compensate) {