diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9d8b5d5..f9b6a1da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 * remount-usr: do not try to remount /usr RW if /usr is not a mounted partition
 * minifirewall: Fix nagios check for old versions of minifirewall
 * autosysadmin: Add a role to automatically deploy autosysadmin on evolixisation
+* vrrpd: test if interface exists before deleting it
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/vrrpd/files/vrrp_switch.sh b/vrrpd/files/vrrp_switch.sh
index 8f260a8a..1bacd859 100644
--- a/vrrpd/files/vrrp_switch.sh
+++ b/vrrpd/files/vrrp_switch.sh
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ case "${STATE}" in
     ;;
     
     "slave" )
-        # Delete interface 
-        ip link delete "${VIRTUAL_INTERFACE_NAME}"
+        # Delete interface if it exists
+        if ip link show "${VIRTUAL_INTERFACE_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            ip link delete "${VIRTUAL_INTERFACE_NAME}"
+        fi
     ;; 
     
     * )