diff --git a/neutron/agent/common/placement_report.py b/neutron/agent/common/placement_report.py
index 1946ffae467..bf162821717 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/common/placement_report.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/common/placement_report.py
@@ -170,6 +170,26 @@ class PlacementState(object):
         rps.extend(device_rps)
         return rps
 
+    def _deferred_update_agent_rp_traits(self, traits_):
+        agent_rp_traits = []
+
+        if not traits_:
+            return agent_rp_traits
+
+        # Remove hypervisor duplicates to avoid calling placement API multiple
+        # times for the same hypervisor.
+        hypervisors = set(h['name'] for h in self._hypervisor_rps.values())
+        for hypervisor in hypervisors:
+            agent_rp_uuid = place_utils.agent_resource_provider_uuid(
+                self._driver_uuid_namespace, hypervisor)
+            agent_rp_traits.append(
+                DeferredCall(
+                    self._client.update_resource_provider_traits,
+                    resource_provider_uuid=agent_rp_uuid,
+                    traits=traits_))
+
+        return agent_rp_traits
+
     def deferred_update_resource_provider_traits(self):
         rp_traits = []
 
@@ -195,6 +215,8 @@ class PlacementState(object):
                     resource_provider_uuid=rp_uuid,
                     traits=traits))
 
+        rp_traits += self._deferred_update_agent_rp_traits(vnic_type_traits)
+
         return rp_traits
 
     def deferred_update_resource_provider_inventories(self):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/common/test_placement_report.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/common/test_placement_report.py
index 082e3724cc6..e7e391c9c1f 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/common/test_placement_report.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/common/test_placement_report.py
@@ -95,6 +95,31 @@ class PlacementStateTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.client_mock.update_trait.assert_any_call(
             name='CUSTOM_VNIC_TYPE_DIRECT')
 
+    def test__deferred_update_agent_rp_traits(self):
+        self.kwargs['hypervisor_rps']['eth3'] = {
+            'name': 'fakehost2',
+            'uuid': self.hypervisor2_rp_uuid,
+        }
+        state = placement_report.PlacementState(**self.kwargs)
+
+        for deferred in state._deferred_update_agent_rp_traits(
+                ['CUSTOM_FAKE_TRAIT_NAME']):
+            deferred.execute()
+
+        expected_calls = [
+            mock.call(
+                traits=['CUSTOM_FAKE_TRAIT_NAME'],
+                # uuid -v5 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' 'fakehost'
+                resource_provider_uuid=uuid.UUID(
+                    'c0b4abe5-516f-54b8-b965-ff94060dcbcc')),
+            mock.call(
+                traits=['CUSTOM_FAKE_TRAIT_NAME'],
+                # uuid -v5 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' 'fakehost2'
+                resource_provider_uuid=uuid.UUID(
+                    '544155b7-1295-5f10-b5f0-eadc50abc6d4'))]
+        self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.\
+            assert_has_calls(expected_calls, any_order=True)
+
     def test__deferred_create_agent_rps(self):
         state = placement_report.PlacementState(**self.kwargs)
 
@@ -176,18 +201,29 @@ class PlacementStateTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         for deferred in state.deferred_update_resource_provider_traits():
             deferred.execute()
 
-        self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.assert_called()
-        self.assertEqual(
+        expected_calls = [
             # uuid below generated by the following command:
             # uuid -v5 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' 'fakehost:eth0'
-            uuid.UUID('1ea6f823-bcf2-5dc5-9bee-4ee6177a6451'),
-            self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.call_args[1][
-                'resource_provider_uuid'])
+            mock.call(
+                resource_provider_uuid=uuid.UUID(
+                    '1ea6f823-bcf2-5dc5-9bee-4ee6177a6451'),
+                traits=mock.ANY),
+
+            # uuid -v5 '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001' 'fakehost'
+            mock.call(
+                resource_provider_uuid=uuid.UUID(
+                    'c0b4abe5-516f-54b8-b965-ff94060dcbcc'),
+                traits=mock.ANY)]
+        self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.assert_has_calls(
+            expected_calls)
+
         # NOTE(bence romsics): To avoid testing the _order_ of traits.
+        actual_traits = [set(args[1]['traits']) for args in
+            self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.call_args_list]
         self.assertEqual(
-            set(['CUSTOM_PHYSNET_PHYSNET0', 'CUSTOM_VNIC_TYPE_NORMAL']),
-            set(self.client_mock.update_resource_provider_traits.call_args[1][
-                'traits']))
+            [set(['CUSTOM_PHYSNET_PHYSNET0', 'CUSTOM_VNIC_TYPE_NORMAL']),
+             set(['CUSTOM_VNIC_TYPE_NORMAL'])],
+            actual_traits)
 
     def test_deferred_update_resource_provider_inventories(self):
         self.kwargs.update({