diff --git a/neutron/agent/windows/ip_lib.py b/neutron/agent/windows/ip_lib.py
index fea99674794..d865fd2d152 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/windows/ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/windows/ip_lib.py
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ class IPDevice(object):
         self.device_name = name
 
     def device_has_ip(self, ip):
+        try:
+            device_addresses = netifaces.ifaddresses(self.device_name)
+        except ValueError:  # The device does not exist on the system
+            return False
+
         try:
             addresses = [ip_addr['addr'] for ip_addr in
-                netifaces.ifaddresses(self.device_name).get(
-                    netifaces.AF_INET, [])]
+                         device_addresses.get(netifaces.AF_INET, [])]
             return ip in addresses
         except OSError:
             LOG.error(_LE("Failed to get ip addresses for interface: %s."),
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/windows/test_ip_lib.py b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/windows/test_ip_lib.py
index ba8dd842614..106af1283ac 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/windows/test_ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/windows/test_ip_lib.py
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ class IpLibTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
     def test_ipwrapper_get_device_by_ip(self):
         ip_dev = ip_lib.IPWrapper().get_device_by_ip(TEST_IP)
         self.assertEqual('lo', ip_dev.device_name)
+
+    def test_device_has_ip(self):
+        not_a_device = ip_lib.IPDevice('#!#._not_a_device_bleargh!!@@@')
+        self.assertFalse(not_a_device.device_has_ip(TEST_IP))