diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 61848db516c7..0aa8ec402fdc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -4670,8 +4670,6 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 				  struct net_device *lag_dev)
 {
 	struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp = mlxsw_sp_port->mlxsw_sp;
-	struct mlxsw_sp_port_vlan *mlxsw_sp_port_vlan;
-	u16 vid = MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_upper *lag;
 	u16 lag_id;
 	u8 port_index;
@@ -4705,9 +4703,8 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 	lag->ref_count++;
 
 	/* Port is no longer usable as a router interface */
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan = mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_find_by_vid(mlxsw_sp_port, vid);
-	if (mlxsw_sp_port_vlan->fid)
-		mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_router_leave(mlxsw_sp_port_vlan);
+	if (mlxsw_sp_port->default_vlan->fid)
+		mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_router_leave(mlxsw_sp_port->default_vlan);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -4735,7 +4732,8 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_port_lag_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 	mlxsw_sp_lag_col_port_remove(mlxsw_sp_port, lag_id);
 
 	/* Any VLANs configured on the port are no longer valid */
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_flush(mlxsw_sp_port, true);
+	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_flush(mlxsw_sp_port, false);
+	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_cleanup(mlxsw_sp_port->default_vlan);
 	/* Make the LAG and its directly linked uppers leave bridges they
 	 * are memeber in
 	 */
@@ -4749,7 +4747,6 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_port_lag_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 	mlxsw_sp_port->lagged = 0;
 	lag->ref_count--;
 
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_create(mlxsw_sp_port, MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID);
 	/* Make sure untagged frames are allowed to ingress */
 	mlxsw_sp_port_pvid_set(mlxsw_sp_port, MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID);
 }
@@ -4829,7 +4826,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_ovs_join(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port)
 	err = mlxsw_sp_port_stp_set(mlxsw_sp_port, true);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_port_stp_set;
-	err = mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_set(mlxsw_sp_port, 2, VLAN_N_VID - 1,
+	err = mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_set(mlxsw_sp_port, 1, VLAN_N_VID - 2,
 				     true, false);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_port_vlan_set;
@@ -4861,7 +4858,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_port_ovs_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port)
 		mlxsw_sp_port_vid_learning_set(mlxsw_sp_port,
 					       vid, true);
 
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_set(mlxsw_sp_port, 2, VLAN_N_VID - 1,
+	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_set(mlxsw_sp_port, 1, VLAN_N_VID - 2,
 			       false, false);
 	mlxsw_sp_port_stp_set(mlxsw_sp_port, false);
 	mlxsw_sp_port_vp_mode_set(mlxsw_sp_port, false);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
index 4e11915d676a..a1c32a81b011 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "core_acl_flex_actions.h"
 #include "reg.h"
 
-#define MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID 1
+#define MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID (VLAN_N_VID - 1)
 
 #define MLXSW_SP_FID_8021D_MAX 1024
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
index b3a7cf2cf7d9..1bd2c6e15f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
@@ -1974,20 +1974,14 @@ mlxsw_sp_bridge_8021q_port_join(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_device *bridge_device,
 				struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	struct mlxsw_sp_port_vlan *mlxsw_sp_port_vlan;
-	u16 vid = MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID;
-
 	if (is_vlan_dev(bridge_port->dev)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can not enslave a VLAN device to a VLAN-aware bridge");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan = mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_find_by_vid(mlxsw_sp_port, vid);
-	if (WARN_ON(!mlxsw_sp_port_vlan))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* Let VLAN-aware bridge take care of its own VLANs */
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_destroy(mlxsw_sp_port_vlan);
+	/* Port is no longer usable as a router interface */
+	if (mlxsw_sp_port->default_vlan->fid)
+		mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_router_leave(mlxsw_sp_port->default_vlan);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1997,7 +1991,6 @@ mlxsw_sp_bridge_8021q_port_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_device *bridge_device,
 				 struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_port *bridge_port,
 				 struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port)
 {
-	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_create(mlxsw_sp_port, MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID);
 	/* Make sure untagged frames are allowed to ingress */
 	mlxsw_sp_port_pvid_set(mlxsw_sp_port, MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID);
 }
@@ -2199,7 +2192,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_bridge_8021d_port_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_device *bridge_device,
 
 	vid = is_vlan_dev(dev) ? vlan_dev_vlan_id(dev) : MLXSW_SP_DEFAULT_VID;
 	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan = mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_find_by_vid(mlxsw_sp_port, vid);
-	if (!mlxsw_sp_port_vlan)
+	if (!mlxsw_sp_port_vlan || !mlxsw_sp_port_vlan->bridge_port)
 		return;
 
 	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_bridge_leave(mlxsw_sp_port_vlan);