diff --git a/tools/hotplug/Linux/vif-openvswitch b/tools/hotplug/Linux/vif-openvswitch
index 18bfb6cefb..ae3399bd1d 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/vif-openvswitch
+++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/vif-openvswitch
@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@ openvswitch_external_id() {

 openvswitch_external_id_all() {
     local dev=$1
-    local frontend_id=$(xenstore_read "$XENBUS_PATH/frontend-id")
-    local vm_path=$(xenstore_read "/local/domain/${frontend_id}/vm")
-    local name=$(xenstore_read "${vm_path}/name")
-    openvswitch_external_id $dev "xen-vm-name" "$name"
-    local uuid=$(xenstore_read "${vm_path}/uuid")
-    openvswitch_external_id $dev "xen-vm-uuid" "$uuid"
-    local mac=$(xenstore_read "$XENBUS_PATH/mac")
-    openvswitch_external_id $dev "attached-mac" "$mac"
+    if [ -f /proc/xen/capabilities ]; then
+        local frontend_id=$(xenstore_read "$XENBUS_PATH/frontend-id")
+        local mac=$(xenstore_read "$XENBUS_PATH/mac")
+        openvswitch_external_id $dev "attached-mac" "$mac"
+        if [ "$(cat /proc/xen/capabilities)x" == "x" ]; then
+            # We're running in a driver domain, so don't try to get any
+            # privileged data from domu xenstore path.
+            openvswitch_external_id $dev "xen-vm-domid" "$frontend_id"
+        else
+            local vm_path=$(xenstore_read "/local/domain/${frontend_id}/vm")
+            local name=$(xenstore_read "${vm_path}/name")
+            openvswitch_external_id $dev "xen-vm-name" "$name"
+            local uuid=$(xenstore_read "${vm_path}/uuid")
+            openvswitch_external_id $dev "xen-vm-uuid" "$uuid"
+        fi
+    fi
 }

 add_to_openvswitch () {