diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/impl/KubevirtNetworkHandler.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/impl/KubevirtNetworkHandler.java
index 28bf182..241b3c5 100644
--- a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/impl/KubevirtNetworkHandler.java
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/impl/KubevirtNetworkHandler.java
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@
         if (tenantBridge != null && deviceService.isAvailable(tenantBridge.id())) {
             log.warn("The tenant bridge {} already exists at node {}",
                     network.tenantBridgeName(), node.hostname());
-            setDefaultRulesForTenantNetwork(node, network);
             return;
         }