diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/lxd/container.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/lxd/container.rb
index 6c5edc87472..50b8fff4af9 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/lxd/container.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/lxd/container.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ def start(options = {})
 
     def stop(options = { :timeout => 120 })
         change_state(__method__, options)
+
+        # Remove nic from ovs-switch if needed
+        @one.get_nics.each do |nic|
+            del_bridge_port(nic) # network driver matching implemented here
+        end
     end
 
     def restart(options = {})
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ def detach_nic(mac)
             device.include?('eth') && config['hwaddr'] == mac
         end
 
-        update
+        # Removes nic from ovs-switch if needed
+        update if del_bridge_port(@one.get_nic_by_mac(mac))
     end
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -382,6 +388,21 @@ def vnc(signal)
 
     private
 
+    # Deletes the switch port. Unlike libvirt, LXD doesn't handle this.
+    def del_bridge_port(nic)
+        return true unless /ovswitch/ =~ nic['VN_MAD'] 
+
+        cmd = 'sudo ovs-vsctl --if-exists del-port '\
+        "#{nic['BRIDGE']} #{nic['TARGET']}"
+
+        rc, _o, e = Command.execute(cmd, false)
+
+        return true if rc.zero?
+
+        OpenNebula.log_error "#{__method__}: #{e}"
+        false
+    end
+
     # Waits or no for response depending on wait value
     def wait?(response, wait, timeout)
         @client.wait(response, timeout) unless wait == false
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lxd/reboot b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lxd/reboot
index 280fc6682c6..48758cf7c92 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lxd/reboot
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lxd/reboot
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ require 'container'
 require_relative '../../scripts_common'
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Action Arguments, STDIN includes XML description of the OpenNebula VM
+# Action Arguments, STDIN doesn't include XML description of the OpenNebula VM
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 vm_name = ARGV[0]
 
 client    = LXDClient.new
 container = Container.get(vm_name, nil, client)
+container = Container.get(vm_name, container.config['user.xml'], client)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Stop the container, start it