diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/ovs_neutron_agent.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/ovs_neutron_agent.py
index 481dfe22fa9..0895acff021 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/ovs_neutron_agent.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/ovs_neutron_agent.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ from neutron.agent.common import polling
 from neutron.agent.common import utils
 from neutron.agent import firewall as agent_firewall
 from neutron.agent.l2 import l2_agent_extensions_manager as ext_manager
-from neutron.agent.linux import iptables_firewall
 from neutron.agent.linux import xenapi_root_helper
 from neutron.agent import rpc as agent_rpc
 from neutron.agent import securitygroups_rpc as agent_sg_rpc
@@ -2145,9 +2144,8 @@ class OVSNeutronAgent(l2population_rpc.L2populationRpcCallBackTunnelMixin,
     def direct_for_non_openflow_firewall(self):
         return ((isinstance(self.sg_agent.firewall,
                             agent_firewall.NoopFirewallDriver) or
-                 isinstance(
-                     self.sg_agent.firewall,
-                     iptables_firewall.OVSHybridIptablesFirewallDriver) or
+                 getattr(self.sg_agent.firewall,
+                         'OVS_HYBRID_PLUG_REQUIRED', False) or
                  not agent_sg_rpc.is_firewall_enabled()) and
                 self.conf.AGENT.explicitly_egress_direct)