diff --git a/ifupdown/ifupdownflags.py b/ifupdown/ifupdownflags.py
index 4be891a..d76e733 100644
--- a/ifupdown/ifupdownflags.py
+++ b/ifupdown/ifupdownflags.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ifupdownFlags():
                 self.PERFMODE = False
                 self.CACHE = False
                 self.WITHDEFAULTS = False
+                self.IGNORE_ERRORS = False
 
                 # Flags
                 self.CACHE_FLAGS = 0x0
diff --git a/ifupdown/scheduler.py b/ifupdown/scheduler.py
index c79278f..22d32a5 100644
--- a/ifupdown/scheduler.py
+++ b/ifupdown/scheduler.py
@@ -567,10 +567,21 @@ class ifaceScheduler():
             ifupdownobj.logger.info('running upperifaces (parent interfaces) ' +
                                     'if available ..')
             try:
+                # upperiface bring up is best effort.
+                # eg case: if we are bringing up a bridge port
+                # this section does an 'ifup on the bridge'
+                # so that the recently up'ed bridge port gets enslaved
+                # to the bridge. But the up on the bridge may
+                # throw out more errors if the bridge is not
+                # in the correct state. Lets not surprise
+                # the user with such errors when he has
+                # only requested to bring up the bridge port.
                 cls._STATE_CHECK = False
+                ifupdownflags.flags.IGNORE_ERRORS = True
                 cls.run_upperifaces(ifupdownobj, ifacenames, ops)
-                cls._STATE_CHECK = True
             finally:
+                ifupdownflags.flags.IGNORE_ERRORS = False
+                cls._STATE_CHECK = True
                 # upperiface bringup is best effort, so dont propagate errors
                 # reset scheduler status to True
                 cls.set_sched_status(True)
diff --git a/ifupdownaddons/modulebase.py b/ifupdownaddons/modulebase.py
index 5ca6835..5b7840a 100644
--- a/ifupdownaddons/modulebase.py
+++ b/ifupdownaddons/modulebase.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class moduleBase(object):
 
     def log_warn(self, str, ifaceobj=None):
         """ log a warning if err str is not one of which we should ignore """
-        if not self.ignore_error(str):
+        if not self.ignore_error(str) and not ifupdownflags.flags.IGNORE_ERRORS:
             if self.logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
                 traceback.print_stack()
             self.logger.warn(str)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class moduleBase(object):
 
     def log_error(self, str, ifaceobj=None, raise_error=True):
         """ log an err if err str is not one of which we should ignore and raise an exception """
-        if not self.ignore_error(str):
+        if not self.ignore_error(str) and not ifupdownflags.flags.IGNORE_ERRORS:
             if self.logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
                 traceback.print_stack()
             if raise_error: