diff --git a/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh b/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
index 196a9ca989..c9cca2340b 100644
--- a/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
+++ b/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ function get_nic_information {
     done < <($CMD       /VMM_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/VM/ID \
                         $NIC_XPATH/NIC_ID \
                         $NIC_XPATH/BRIDGE \
+                        $NIC_XPATH/BRIDGE_TYPE \
                         $NIC_XPATH/VN_MAD \
                         $NIC_XPATH/MAC \
                         $NIC_XPATH/TARGET \
@@ -975,6 +976,7 @@ function get_nic_information {
     VMID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     NIC_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     BRIDGE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+    BRIDGE_TYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     VN_MAD="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     MAC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     NIC_TARGET="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
diff --git a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
index b41c1e0210..fda79ade8a 100644
--- a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
         ip            = nic[i]->vector_value("IP");
         filter        = nic[i]->vector_value("FILTER");
         virtio_queues = nic[i]->vector_value("VIRTIO_QUEUES");
-        bridge_type   = nic[i]->vector_value("BRDIGE_TYPE");
+        bridge_type   = nic[i]->vector_value("BRIDGE_TYPE");
 
         vrouter_ip = nic[i]->vector_value("VROUTER_IP");
 
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_nic b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_nic
index d7fc1ef9f1..54a084cf74 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_nic
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_nic
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ -z "${BRIDGE}" ]; then
     DEVICE+="<interface type='ethernet'>"
 else
     DEVICE+="<interface type='bridge'>"
-    if [ "${VN_MAD}" = 'ovswitch' ] || [ "${VN_MAD}" = 'ovswitch_vxlan' ]; then
+    if [ "${BRIDGE_TYPE}" = 'openvswitch' ]; then
         DEVICE+=" <virtualport type='openvswitch'/>"
     fi
     DEVICE+=" <source bridge='$(xml_esc "${BRIDGE}")'/>"