This makes debugging easier.
         --del-match="bridge.*.port=$vif" \
         --del-match="vlan.$vif.[!0-9]*" \
         --add="bridge.$bridge.port=$vif" \
-        $vid
+        $vid -c
     $service vswitch reload
 
     ${IP} link set "${vif}" up                          || logger -t scripts-vif "Failed to ip link set ${vif} up"
        logger -t scripts-vif "${vif} has been removed"
         $cfg_mod -vANY:console:emer -F /etc/vswitchd.conf \
             --del-match="bridge.*.port=${vif}" \
-           --del-match="vlan.${vif}.[!0-9]*"
+           --del-match="vlan.${vif}.[!0-9]*" -c
        ;;
 esac