Merge pull request #74874 from nikopen/automated-cherry-pick-of-#70616-upstream-release-1.13

pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func cleanupIptablesLeftovers(ipt utiliptables.Interface) (encounteredError bool
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Flush and remove all of our chains.
+	// Flush and remove all of our chains. Flushing all chains before removing them also removes all links between chains first.
 	for _, ch := range iptablesChains {
 		if err := ipt.FlushChain(ch.table, ch.chain); err != nil {
 			if !utiliptables.IsNotFoundError(err) {
@@ -574,6 +574,10 @@ func cleanupIptablesLeftovers(ipt utiliptables.Interface) (encounteredError bool
 				encounteredError = true
 			}
 		}
+	}
+
+	// Remove all of our chains.
+	for _, ch := range iptablesChains {
 		if err := ipt.DeleteChain(ch.table, ch.chain); err != nil {
 			if !utiliptables.IsNotFoundError(err) {
 				klog.Errorf("Error removing iptables rules in ipvs proxier: %v", err)