diff --git a/libnetwork/drivers/overlay/peerdb.go b/libnetwork/drivers/overlay/peerdb.go
index 926b7f86a3..39dae6617b 100644
--- a/libnetwork/drivers/overlay/peerdb.go
+++ b/libnetwork/drivers/overlay/peerdb.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (d *driver) peerDeleteOp(nid, eid string, peerIP netip.Prefix, peerMac net.
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not find the subnet %q in network %q", peerIP.String(), n.id)
 		}
 		// Remove fdb entry to the bridge for the peer mac
-		if err := sbox.DeleteNeighbor(vtep.AsSlice(), peerMac, osl.WithLinkName(s.vxlanName)); err != nil {
+		if err := sbox.DeleteNeighbor(vtep.AsSlice(), peerMac, osl.WithLinkName(s.vxlanName), osl.WithFamily(syscall.AF_BRIDGE)); err != nil {
 			if _, ok := err.(osl.NeighborSearchError); ok && dbEntries > 0 {
 				// We fall in here if there is a transient state and if the neighbor that is being deleted
 				// was never been configured into the kernel (we allow only 1 configuration at the time per <ip,mac> mapping)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (d *driver) peerDeleteOp(nid, eid string, peerIP netip.Prefix, peerMac net.
 		}
 
 		// Delete neighbor entry for the peer IP
-		if err := sbox.DeleteNeighbor(peerIP.Addr().AsSlice(), peerMac, osl.WithLinkName(s.vxlanName), osl.WithFamily(syscall.AF_BRIDGE)); err != nil {
+		if err := sbox.DeleteNeighbor(peerIP.Addr().AsSlice(), peerMac, osl.WithLinkName(s.vxlanName)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not delete neighbor entry for nid:%s eid:%s into the sandbox:%v", nid, eid, err)
 		}
 	}