diff --git a/lib/ovs-router.c b/lib/ovs-router.c
index 39262705e50..546d0dae197 100644
--- a/lib/ovs-router.c
+++ b/lib/ovs-router.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ ovs_router_get_netdev_source_address(const struct in6_addr *ip6_dst,
     struct netdev *dev;
     bool is_ipv4;
 
+    if (!strncmp(output_bridge, "kube-ipvs0", 10)) {
+        VLOG_INFO_RL(&rl, "skip getting router source address "
+                          "for device kube-ipvs0");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     err = netdev_open(output_bridge, NULL, &dev);
     if (err) {
         return err;