diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/agent/agent.py b/neutron_lbaas/agent/agent.py
index a7ab45ab5..4d78f9185 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/agent/agent.py
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/agent/agent.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def main():
 
     common_config.init(sys.argv[1:])
     config.setup_logging()
+    config.setup_privsep()
 
     mgr = manager.LbaasAgentManager(cfg.CONF)
     svc = LbaasAgentService(
diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/agent/test_agent.py b/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/agent/test_agent.py
index 3ca01ff64..c70cfbac6 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/agent/test_agent.py
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/agent/test_agent.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ class TestLbaasService(base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_main(self):
         logging_str = 'neutron.conf.agent.common.setup_logging'
+        privsep_str = 'neutron.conf.agent.common.setup_privsep'
         with mock.patch(logging_str), \
+                mock.patch(privsep_str), \
                 mock.patch.object(agent.service, 'launch') as mock_launch, \
                 mock.patch('sys.argv'), \
                 mock.patch.object(agent.manager, 'LbaasAgentManager'), \