diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device-bridge.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
index 7c34fde07..45cdd83f0 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device-bridge.c
@@ -735,6 +735,11 @@ merge_bridge_vlan_default_pvid(NMPlatformBridgeVlan *vlans, guint *num_vlans, gu
     gboolean              has_pvid = FALSE;
     guint                 i;
 
+    if (default_pvid == 0) {
+        /* default_pvid=0 means that the default PVID is disabled. No need to merge it. */
+        return vlans;
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < *num_vlans; i++) {
         if (vlans[i].pvid) {
             has_pvid = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index 9e0a53cd3..c30d01814 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -14050,6 +14050,13 @@ can_reapply_change(NMDevice   *self,
         goto out_fail;
     }
 
+    if (nm_streq(setting_name, NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_PORT_SETTING_NAME)) {
+        return nm_device_hash_check_invalid_keys(diffs,
+                                                 NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_PORT_SETTING_NAME,
+                                                 error,
+                                                 NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_PORT_VLANS);
+    }
+
     if (nm_streq(setting_name, NM_SETTING_SRIOV_SETTING_NAME)) {
         return nm_device_hash_check_invalid_keys(diffs,
                                                  NM_SETTING_SRIOV_SETTING_NAME,