diff --git a/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2Pipeline.java b/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2Pipeline.java
index 70aafd4..a020a64 100644
--- a/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2Pipeline.java
+++ b/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2Pipeline.java
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Determines whether this pipeline requires second VLAN entry in VLAN table.
+     * OF-DPA hardware requires one VLAN filtering rule and one VLAN assignment
+     * flow in the VLAN table in the case of untagged packets. Software emulations
+     * just use one flow.
+     *
+     * @return true if required
+     */
+    public boolean requireSecondVlanTableEntry() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Determines whether in-port should be matched on in TMAC table rules.
      *
      * @return true if match on in-port should be programmed