diff --git a/netjsonconfig/backends/openwrt/converters.py b/netjsonconfig/backends/openwrt/converters.py
index c932e4be8..2f4e21344 100644
--- a/netjsonconfig/backends/openwrt/converters.py
+++ b/netjsonconfig/backends/openwrt/converters.py
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ def __get_bridge(self, interface, i):
             # to these physical names
             interface['ifname'] = 'br-{ifname}'.format(**interface)
             # do not repeat bridge attributes (they have already been processed)
-            del interface['type']
-            del interface['bridge_members']
+            for attr in ['type', 'bridge_members', 'stp', 'gateway']:
+                if attr in interface:
+                    del interface[attr]
         elif interface['type'] != 'bridge':
             del interface['type']
         return interface