diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_base b/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_base
index 523024e2fe..fbe4c92139 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_base
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_base
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function _neutron_ovs_base_install_agent_packages {
         restart_service openvswitch
         sudo systemctl enable openvswitch
     elif is_suse; then
-        if [[ $DISTRO == "sle12" ]] && [[ $os_RELEASE -lt 12.2 ]]; then
+        if [[ $DISTRO == "sle12" ]] && vercmp "$os_RELEASE" "<" "12.2" ; then
             restart_service openvswitch-switch
         else
             # workaround for https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085971