diff --git a/src/devices/ovs/nm-device-ovs-port.c b/src/devices/ovs/nm-device-ovs-port.c
index b96eba686a..bc1eb677bd 100644
--- a/src/devices/ovs/nm-device-ovs-port.c
+++ b/src/devices/ovs/nm-device-ovs-port.c
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ del_iface_cb (GError *error, gpointer user_data)
 static void
 release_slave (NMDevice *device, NMDevice *slave, gboolean configure)
 {
+	/* Dissociate the platform link from the device -- openvswitch is going
+	 * to remove the link, not us. We shouldn't care about whatever happen to it.
+	 * In particular, we don't want to alter the NMDevice state if we see the
+	 * link go away, because the device may already have another activation
+	 * enqueued. */
+	nm_device_update_from_platform_link (slave, NULL);
+
 	nm_ovsdb_del_interface (nm_ovsdb_get (), nm_device_get_iface (slave),
 	                        del_iface_cb, g_object_ref (slave));
 }