diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index b6de4f457161..5172caac645c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -622,6 +622,11 @@ void br_vlan_flush(struct net_bridge *br)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+	/* delete auto-added default pvid local fdb before flushing vlans
+	 * otherwise it will be leaked on bridge device init failure
+	 */
+	br_fdb_delete_by_port(br, NULL, 0, 1);
+
 	vg = br_vlan_group(br);
 	__vlan_flush(vg);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(br->vlgrp, NULL);