diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/iptables_firewall.py b/neutron/agent/linux/iptables_firewall.py
index 667b6681be0..a775857b3df 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/iptables_firewall.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/iptables_firewall.py
@@ -792,10 +792,14 @@ class IptablesFirewallDriver(firewall.FirewallDriver):
         if not self._iptables_protocol_name_map:
             tmp_map = constants.IPTABLES_PROTOCOL_NAME_MAP.copy()
             tmp_map.update(self._local_protocol_name_map())
-            # TODO(haleyb): remove once neutron-lib with fix is available
-            # - 'ipip' uses 'ipencap' to match IPPROTO_IPIP from in.h,
-            #   which is IP-ENCAP/'4' in /etc/protocols (see bug #2054324)
-            tmp_map[constants.PROTO_NAME_IPIP] = 'ipencap'
+            # iptables-save uses different strings for 'ipip' (protocol 4)
+            # depending on the distro, which corresponds to the entry for
+            # '4' in /etc/protocols. For example:
+            # - 'ipencap' in Ubuntu
+            # - 'ipv4' in CentOS/Fedora
+            # For this reason, we need to map the string for 'ipip' to the
+            # system-dependent string for '4', see bug #2054324.
+            tmp_map[constants.PROTO_NAME_IPIP] = tmp_map['4']
             self._iptables_protocol_name_map = tmp_map
         return self._iptables_protocol_name_map
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_iptables_firewall.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_iptables_firewall.py
index 42e2a44bc8c..e4131771ec3 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_iptables_firewall.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/linux/test_iptables_firewall.py
@@ -500,37 +500,43 @@ class IptablesFirewallTestCase(BaseIptablesFirewallTestCase):
         self._test_prepare_port_filter(rule, ingress, egress)
 
     def test_filter_ipv4_ingress_protocol_ipip(self):
-        # 'ipip' via the API uses 'ipencap' to match what iptables-save
-        # uses, which is IP-ENCAP/'4' from /etc/protocols (see bug #2054324)
+        # We want to use what the system-dependent string here is for 'ipip',
+        # as it could be 'ipencap' or 'ipv4' depending on the distro.
+        # See bug #2054324.
         rule = {'ethertype': 'IPv4',
                 'direction': 'ingress',
                 'protocol': 'ipip'}
+        expected_proto_name = self.firewall._iptables_protocol_name('ipip')
         ingress = mock.call.add_rule('ifake_dev',
-                                     '-p ipencap -j RETURN',
+                                     '-p %s -j RETURN' % expected_proto_name,
                                      top=False, comment=None)
         egress = None
         self._test_prepare_port_filter(rule, ingress, egress)
 
-    def test_filter_ipv4_ingress_protocol_ipip_by_num(self):
-        # '4' via the API uses 'ipencap' to match what iptables-save
-        # uses, which is IP-ENCAP/'4' from /etc/protocols (see bug #2054324)
+    def test_filter_ipv4_ingress_protocol_4(self):
+        # We want to use what the system-dependent string here is for '4',
+        # as it could be 'ipencap' or 'ipv4' depending on the distro.
+        # See bug #2054324.
         rule = {'ethertype': 'IPv4',
                 'direction': 'ingress',
                 'protocol': '4'}
+        expected_proto_name = self.firewall._iptables_protocol_name('4')
         ingress = mock.call.add_rule('ifake_dev',
-                                     '-p ipencap -j RETURN',
+                                     '-p %s -j RETURN' % expected_proto_name,
                                      top=False, comment=None)
         egress = None
         self._test_prepare_port_filter(rule, ingress, egress)
 
-    def test_filter_ipv4_ingress_protocol_ipencap_by_num(self):
-        # '94' via the API uses 'ipip' to match what iptables-save
-        # uses, which is IPIP/'94' from /etc/protocols (see bug #2054324)
+    def test_filter_ipv4_ingress_protocol_94(self):
+        # We want to use what the system-dependent string here is for '94',
+        # as it could be 'ipip' or something else depending on the distro.
+        # See bug #2054324.
         rule = {'ethertype': 'IPv4',
                 'direction': 'ingress',
                 'protocol': '94'}
+        expected_proto_name = self.firewall._iptables_protocol_name('94')
         ingress = mock.call.add_rule('ifake_dev',
-                                     '-p ipip -j RETURN',
+                                     '-p %s -j RETURN' % expected_proto_name,
                                      top=False, comment=None)
         egress = None
         self._test_prepare_port_filter(rule, ingress, egress)