diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
index 2b946b2f3..14b829bc3 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
@@ -554,19 +554,19 @@ function configure_nicdevice {
         #linux bridge type is bridge
         #openvswitch bridge type is bridge_ovs
         elif [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbridge_ovs" -o x"$nic_dev_type" = "xbridge" ]; then
-            check_brctl $nic_dev_type
+            if [ "$networkmanager_active" = "0" ]; then
+                check_brctl $nic_dev_type
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    errorcode=1
+                else
+                    create_bridge_interface ifname=$nic_dev _brtype=$nic_dev_type _port=$base_nic_dev _pretype=$base_nic_type
+                fi
+            elif [ "$networkmanager_active" = "1" ]; then
+                create_bridge_interface_nmcli ifname=$nic_dev _brtype=$nic_dev_type _port=$base_nic_dev _pretype=$base_nic_type _ipaddr=$ipaddrs
+            fi
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                errorcode=1
-            else
-               if [ "$networkmanager_active" = "0" ]; then
-                   create_bridge_interface ifname=$nic_dev _brtype=$nic_dev_type _port=$base_nic_dev _pretype=$base_nic_type
-               elif [ "$networkmanager_active" = "1" ]; then
-                   create_bridge_interface_nmcli ifname=$nic_dev _brtype=$nic_dev_type _port=$base_nic_dev _pretype=$base_nic_type _ipaddr=$ipaddrs
-                   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                       log_error "create bridge interface $nic_dev failed"
-                       errorcode=1;
-                   fi
-               fi
+                log_error "create bridge interface $nic_dev failed"
+                errorcode=1;
             fi
         #configure vlan
         elif [ x"$nic_dev_type" = "xvlan" ]; then