diff --git a/neutron/agent/dhcp/agent.py b/neutron/agent/dhcp/agent.py
index 1942fc65262..d54b745053f 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/dhcp/agent.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/dhcp/agent.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class DhcpAgent(manager.Manager):
             config=self.conf,
             resource_type='dhcp')
 
+    def init_host(self):
+        self.sync_state()
+
     def _populate_networks_cache(self):
         """Populate the networks cache when the DHCP-agent starts."""
         try:
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/dhcp/test_agent.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/dhcp/test_agent.py
index 24c0d10564c..7911d871f14 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/dhcp/test_agent.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/dhcp/test_agent.py
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ class TestDhcpAgent(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.mock_makedirs_p = mock.patch("os.makedirs")
         self.mock_makedirs = self.mock_makedirs_p.start()
 
+    def test_init_host(self):
+        dhcp = dhcp_agent.DhcpAgent(HOSTNAME)
+        with mock.patch.object(dhcp, 'sync_state') as sync_state:
+            dhcp.init_host()
+            sync_state.assert_called_once_with()
+
     def test_dhcp_agent_manager(self):
         state_rpc_str = 'neutron.agent.rpc.PluginReportStateAPI'
         # sync_state is needed for this test