diff --git a/neutron/common/utils.py b/neutron/common/utils.py
index bff10bc40a2..4bed9b0e14d 100644
--- a/neutron/common/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/common/utils.py
@@ -994,3 +994,25 @@ class SingletonDecorator(object):
         if self._instance is None:
             self._instance = self._klass(*args, **kwargs)
         return self._instance
+
+
+def skip_exceptions(exceptions):
+    """Decorator to catch and hide any provided exception in the argument"""
+
+    # NOTE(ralonsoh): could be rehomed to neutron-lib.
+    if not isinstance(exceptions, list):
+        exceptions = [exceptions]
+
+    def decorator(function):
+        @functools.wraps(function)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                return function(*args, **kwargs)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception() as ctx:
+                    if issubclass(type(exc), tuple(exceptions)):
+                        LOG.info('Skipped exception %s when calling method %s',
+                                 ctx.value.__repr__(), function.__repr__())
+                        ctx.reraise = False
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
diff --git a/neutron/scheduler/base_resource_filter.py b/neutron/scheduler/base_resource_filter.py
index 17f13bdafe6..9b46c9241c9 100644
--- a/neutron/scheduler/base_resource_filter.py
+++ b/neutron/scheduler/base_resource_filter.py
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 import abc
 
 from neutron_lib.db import api as db_api
+from oslo_db import exception as db_exc
 import six
 
+from neutron.common import utils as n_utils
+
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class BaseResourceFilter(object):
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ class BaseResourceFilter(object):
     def filter_agents(self, plugin, context, resource):
         """Return the agents that can host the resource."""
 
+    @n_utils.skip_exceptions(db_exc.DBError)
     def bind(self, context, agents, resource_id):
         """Bind the resource to the agents."""
         with db_api.CONTEXT_WRITER.using(context):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py b/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
index 93b94913c08..e0a90c680aa 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -642,3 +642,25 @@ class SingletonDecoratorTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         instance_2 = _TestSingletonClass()
         self.assertEqual(instance_1.__hash__(), instance_2.__hash__())
         self.assertEqual('value1', instance_2.variable)
+
+
+class SkipDecoratorTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_skip_exception(self):
+        @utils.skip_exceptions(AttributeError)
+        def raise_attribute_error_single_exception():
+            raise AttributeError()
+
+        @utils.skip_exceptions([AttributeError, IndexError])
+        def raise_attribute_error_exception_list():
+            raise AttributeError()
+
+        raise_attribute_error_single_exception()
+        raise_attribute_error_exception_list()
+
+    def test_skip_exception_fail(self):
+        @utils.skip_exceptions(IndexError)
+        def raise_attribute_error():
+            raise AttributeError()
+
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, raise_attribute_error)