1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
index e0eb5344c6..f72166b32b 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ fi
 TAP=$1
 STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE=$2
 
-TUNCTL=$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE/tunctl
-if [ ! -e "$TUNCTL" ]; then
-        echo "Error: Unable to find tunctl binary in '$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', please bitbake qemu-helper-native"
-        exit 1
-fi
+if !ip tuntap del $TAP mode tap 2>/dev/null; then
+        TUNCTL=$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE/tunctl
+        if [ ! -e "$TUNCTL" ]; then
+                echo "Error: Unable to find tunctl binary in '$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', please bitbake qemu-helper-native"
+                exit 1
+        fi
 
-$TUNCTL -d $TAP
+        $TUNCTL -d $TAP
+fi
 
 IFCONFIG=`which ip 2> /dev/null`
 if [ "x$IFCONFIG" = "x" ]; then