# \[PATCH net\] net: bridge: vlan: fix inverted default vlan notification

- From: Nikolay Aleksandrov \<razor@blackwall.org\>
- Date: 2026-08-14 14:16:58 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17413065
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17413065/t.md

```text
A notification should be emitted only when the vlan delete was successful
and not otherwise. The proper check is if br/nbp_vlan_delete returned 0.

Fixes: f545923b4a6b ("net: bridge: vlan: notify on vlan add/delete/change flags")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
---
Found this issue while preparing some vlan code cleanups.

 net/bridge/br_vlan.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 31c1b2cf75d9..1e0e436629ec 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int __br_vlan_set_default_pvid(struct net_bridge *br, u16 pvid,
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (br_vlan_delete(br, old_pvid))
+		if (!br_vlan_delete(br, old_pvid))
 			br_vlan_notify(br, NULL, old_pvid, 0, RTM_DELVLAN);
 		br_vlan_notify(br, NULL, pvid, 0, RTM_NEWVLAN);
 		__set_bit(0, changed);
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ int __br_vlan_set_default_pvid(struct net_bridge *br, u16 pvid,
 				   &vlchange, extack);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_port;
-		if (nbp_vlan_delete(p, old_pvid))
+		if (!nbp_vlan_delete(p, old_pvid))
 			br_vlan_notify(br, p, old_pvid, 0, RTM_DELVLAN);
 		br_vlan_notify(p->br, p, pvid, 0, RTM_NEWVLAN);
 		__set_bit(p->port_no, changed);
-- 
2.47.3

```
