diff --git a/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh b/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
index 268217272f6e..e68b3ed00b8f 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
 
 TEAMD_CONF_PATH=/etc/teamd
 
+# Before teamd could automatically add newly created host interfaces into the
+# LAG, this workaround will be needed. It will remove the obsolete files and
+# net devices that are failed to be removed in the previous run.
 function start_app {
+    # Remove *.pid and *.sock files if there are any
+    rm -f /var/run/teamd/*
     if [ -d $TEAMD_CONF_PATH ]; then
         for f in $TEAMD_CONF_PATH/*; do
+            # Remove netdevs if there are any
+            intf=`echo $f | awk -F'[/.]' '{print $4}'`
+            ip link del $intf
             teamd -f $f -d
         done
     fi