diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_flow_mgr.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_flow_mgr.py
index 1cc58db..d0bf2f7 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_flow_mgr.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_flow_mgr.py
@@ -299,11 +299,20 @@
 
     def _clear_flow_id_from_rm(self, flow, flow_id, flow_direction):
         try:
-            pon_intf, onu_id, uni_id \
+            pon_intf, onu_id, uni_id, eth_type \
                 = self.platform.flow_extract_info(flow, flow_direction)
         except ValueError:
-            self.log.error("failure extracting pon_intf, onu_id, uni_id info from flow")
+            self.log.error("failure-extracting-flow-info")
+            return
         else:
+            if eth_type == LLDP_ETH_TYPE:
+                network_intf_id = self.data_model.olt_nni_intf_id()
+                onu_id = -1
+                uni_id = -1
+
+                self.resource_mgr.free_flow_id(network_intf_id, onu_id, uni_id, flow_id)
+                return
+
             flows = self.resource_mgr.get_flow_id_info(pon_intf, onu_id, uni_id, flow_id)
             assert (isinstance(flows, list))
             self.log.debug("retrieved-flows", flows=flows)
diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_platform.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_platform.py
index a56b319..fdb37ec 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_platform.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_platform.py
@@ -154,21 +154,27 @@
 
     def flow_extract_info(self, flow, flow_direction):
         uni_port_no = None
+        eth_type = None
+
         if flow_direction == "upstream":
             for field in fd.get_ofb_fields(flow):
                 if field.type == fd.IN_PORT:
                     uni_port_no = field.port
                     break
         elif flow_direction == "downstream":
+            for field in fd.get_ofb_fields(flow):
+                if field.type == fd.ETH_TYPE:
+                    eth_type = field.eth_type
+                    break
+
+            uni_port_no = fd.get_metadata_from_write_metadata(flow) & 0xFFFFFFFF
+
             if uni_port_no is None:
                 for action in fd.get_actions(flow):
                     if action.type == fd.OUTPUT:
                         uni_port_no = action.output.port
                         break
 
-            if uni_port_no is None:
-                uni_port_no = fd.get_metadata_from_write_metadata(flow) & 0xFFFFFFFF
-
         if uni_port_no is None:
             raise ValueError
 
@@ -176,4 +182,4 @@
         onu_id = self.onu_id_from_uni_port_num(uni_port_no)
         uni_id = self.uni_id_from_port_num(uni_port_no)
 
-        return int(pon_intf), int(onu_id), int(uni_id)
+        return int(pon_intf), int(onu_id), int(uni_id), eth_type