diff --git a/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py b/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
index 74ff9355..bcefc5ff 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
@@ -278,9 +278,12 @@ def parse_cpu_list(cpulist):
     cores = []
     ranges = cpulist.split(',')
     for cpu_range in ranges:
-        cpu_min_max = cpu_range.split('-')
-        cores += range(int(cpu_min_max[0]),
-                       int(cpu_min_max[1]) + 1)
+        if "-" in cpu_range:
+            cpu_min_max = cpu_range.split('-')
+            cores += range(int(cpu_min_max[0]),
+                           int(cpu_min_max[1]) + 1)
+        else:
+            cores.append(int(cpu_range))
     return cores
 
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_neutron_ovs_context.py b/unit_tests/test_neutron_ovs_context.py
index 98ee1fd8..1fe1c93a 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_neutron_ovs_context.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_neutron_ovs_context.py
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ class MockPCIDevice(object):
 
 TEST_CPULIST_1 = "0-3"
 TEST_CPULIST_2 = "0-7,16-23"
+TEST_CPULIST_3 = "0,4,8,12,16,20,24"
 DPDK_DATA_PORTS = (
     "br-phynet3:fe:16:41:df:23:fe "
     "br-phynet1:fe:16:41:df:23:fd "
@@ -518,6 +519,8 @@ class TestDPDKUtils(CharmTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(context.parse_cpu_list(TEST_CPULIST_2),
                          [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
                           16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23])
+        self.assertEqual(context.parse_cpu_list(TEST_CPULIST_3),
+                         [0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24])
 
     @patch.object(context, 'parse_cpu_list', wraps=context.parse_cpu_list)
     def test_numa_node_cores(self, _parse_cpu_list):