diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index 7a59cdddd3ce3..5047e9c2333a2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ static BRPORT_ATTR(_name, 0644,					\
 static int store_flag(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned long v,
 		      unsigned long mask)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	flags = p->flags;
+	unsigned long flags = p->flags;
+	int err;
 
 	if (v)
 		flags |= mask;
@@ -65,6 +64,10 @@ static int store_flag(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned long v,
 		flags &= ~mask;
 
 	if (flags != p->flags) {
+		err = br_switchdev_set_port_flag(p, flags, mask);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
 		p->flags = flags;
 		br_port_flags_change(p, mask);
 	}