diff --git a/pkg/daemon/gateway_linux.go b/pkg/daemon/gateway_linux.go
index b768de0bdb9..46fb16ea873 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/gateway_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/gateway_linux.go
@@ -1423,6 +1423,11 @@ func (c *Controller) setExGateway() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	var isUserspaceDP bool
+	isUserspaceDP, err = ovs.IsUserspaceDataPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Error(err)
+		return err
+	}
 	enable := node.Labels[util.ExGatewayLabel]
 	externalBridge := util.ExternalBridgeName(c.config.ExternalGatewaySwitch)
 	if enable == "true" {
@@ -1439,12 +1444,6 @@ func (c *Controller) setExGateway() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		isUserspaceDP, err = ovs.IsUserspaceDataPath()
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.Error(err)
-			return err
-		}
-
 		if !isUserspaceDP {
 			link, err := netlink.LinkByName(linkName)
 			if err != nil {