diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto.c b/ofproto/ofproto.c
index 425da91c5..709713d02 100644
--- a/ofproto/ofproto.c
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto.c
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ ofproto_create(const char *datapath_name, const char *datapath_type,
     assert(ofproto->n_tables);
 
     ofproto->datapath_id = pick_datapath_id(ofproto);
-    VLOG_INFO("%s: using datapath ID %016"PRIx64,
-              ofproto->name, ofproto->datapath_id);
     init_ports(ofproto);
 
     *ofprotop = ofproto;
@@ -428,15 +426,18 @@ ofproto_init_tables(struct ofproto *ofproto, int n_tables)
     }
 }
 
+uint64_t
+ofproto_get_datapath_id(const struct ofproto *ofproto)
+{
+    return ofproto->datapath_id;
+}
+
 void
 ofproto_set_datapath_id(struct ofproto *p, uint64_t datapath_id)
 {
     uint64_t old_dpid = p->datapath_id;
     p->datapath_id = datapath_id ? datapath_id : pick_datapath_id(p);
     if (p->datapath_id != old_dpid) {
-        VLOG_INFO("%s: datapath ID changed to %016"PRIx64,
-                  p->name, p->datapath_id);
-
         /* Force all active connections to reconnect, since there is no way to
          * notify a controller that the datapath ID has changed. */
         ofproto_reconnect_controllers(p);
diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto.h b/ofproto/ofproto.h
index ea988e7bb..0919d813b 100644
--- a/ofproto/ofproto.h
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ int ofproto_port_query_by_name(const struct ofproto *, const char *devname,
                                struct ofproto_port *);
 
 /* Top-level configuration. */
+uint64_t ofproto_get_datapath_id(const struct ofproto *);
 void ofproto_set_datapath_id(struct ofproto *, uint64_t datapath_id);
 void ofproto_set_controllers(struct ofproto *,
                              const struct ofproto_controller *, size_t n);
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index 67e29d2d4..3a3e58b15 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -754,7 +754,10 @@ bridge_configure_datapath_id(struct bridge *br)
     memcpy(br->ea, ea, ETH_ADDR_LEN);
 
     dpid = bridge_pick_datapath_id(br, ea, hw_addr_iface);
-    ofproto_set_datapath_id(br->ofproto, dpid);
+    if (dpid != ofproto_get_datapath_id(br->ofproto)) {
+        VLOG_INFO("bridge %s: using datapath ID %016"PRIx64, br->name, dpid);
+        ofproto_set_datapath_id(br->ofproto, dpid);
+    }
 
     dpid_string = xasprintf("%016"PRIx64, dpid);
     ovsrec_bridge_set_datapath_id(br->cfg, dpid_string);