diff --git a/neutron/plugins/nicira/nvplib.py b/neutron/plugins/nicira/nvplib.py
index 37802f1d5b..181d35fb2e 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/nicira/nvplib.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/nicira/nvplib.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def create_explicit_routing_lrouter(cluster, tenant_id,
 def create_lrouter(cluster, *args, **kwargs):
     if kwargs.get('distributed', None):
         v = cluster.api_client.get_nvp_version()
-        if (v.major < 3) or (v.major >= 3 and v.minor < 1):
+        if (v.major < 3) or (v.major == 3 and v.minor < 1):
             raise nvp_exc.NvpInvalidVersion(version=v)
         return v
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/fake_nvpapiclient.py b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/fake_nvpapiclient.py
index b1eb31bfd1..577be6c51f 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/fake_nvpapiclient.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/fake_nvpapiclient.py
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@ class FakeClient:
         fake_lrouter['tenant_id'] = self._get_tag(fake_lrouter, 'os_tid')
         default_nexthop = fake_lrouter['routing_config'].get(
             'default_route_next_hop')
-        fake_lrouter['default_next_hop'] = default_nexthop.get(
-            'gateway_ip_address', '0.0.0.0')
+        if default_nexthop:
+            fake_lrouter['default_next_hop'] = default_nexthop.get(
+                'gateway_ip_address', '0.0.0.0')
+        else:
+            fake_lrouter['default_next_hop'] = '0.0.0.0'
         # NOTE(salv-orlando): We won't make the Fake NVP API client
         # aware of NVP version. The long term plan is to replace it
         # with behavioral mocking of NVP API requests
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
index dbbbf8f1d1..5bb369b438 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
@@ -593,9 +593,15 @@ class TestNiciraL3NatTestCase(NiciraL3NatTest,
             if res.status_int == 201:
                 self._delete('routers', router['router']['id'])
 
-    def test_router_create_distributed(self):
+    def test_router_create_distributed_with_3_1(self):
         self._test_router_create_with_distributed(True, True)
 
+    def test_router_create_distributed_with_new_nvp_versions(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(nvplib, 'create_explicit_route_lrouter'):
+            self._test_router_create_with_distributed(True, True, '3.2')
+            self._test_router_create_with_distributed(True, True, '4.0')
+            self._test_router_create_with_distributed(True, True, '4.1')
+
     def test_router_create_not_distributed(self):
         self._test_router_create_with_distributed(False, False)