diff --git a/manifests/dpdk.pp b/manifests/dpdk.pp
index 543078ae..40cb4ceb 100644
--- a/manifests/dpdk.pp
+++ b/manifests/dpdk.pp
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
 
   $dpdk_configs = {
     'other_config:dpdk-extra'      => { value => $memory_channels_conf, skip_if_version => '2.5'},
-    'other_config:dpdk-init'       => { value => 'true', skip_if_version => '2.5'},
     'other_config:dpdk-socket-mem' => { value => $socket_mem, skip_if_version => '2.5'},
     'other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask' => { value => $dpdk_lcore_mask, skip_if_version => '2.5'},
     'other_config:pmd-cpu-mask'    => { value => $pmd_core_mask},
@@ -108,6 +107,14 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
   $dpdk_dependencies = {
     wait    => false,
     require => Service['openvswitch'],
+    notify  => Vs_config['other_config:dpdk-init'],
+  }
+
+  vs_config { 'other_config:dpdk-init':
+    value           => 'true',
+    skip_if_version => '2.5',
+    require         => Service['openvswitch'],
+    wait            => true,
   }
 
   service { 'openvswitch':
diff --git a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
index d08a6d68..71a8ed1f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         is_expected.to contain_file_line('/etc/sysconfig/openvswitch')
 
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
-          :value  => 'true', :wait => false, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
+          :value  => 'true', :wait => true, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:pmd-cpu-mask').with(
           :value  => nil, :wait => false,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
           :before => 'Service[openvswitch]',
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
-          :value  => 'true', :wait => false, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
+          :value  => 'true', :wait => true, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:pmd-cpu-mask').with(
           :value  => nil, :wait => false,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
           :before => 'Service[openvswitch]',
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
-          :value  => 'true', :wait => false, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
+          :value  => 'true', :wait => true, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:pmd-cpu-mask').with(
           :value  => '3c0000000003c00000', :wait => false,
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
           :before => 'Service[openvswitch]',
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
-          :value  => 'true', :wait => false, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
+          :value  => 'true', :wait => true, :skip_if_version => "2.5",
         )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:pmd-cpu-mask').with(
           :value  => nil, :wait => false,