diff --git a/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh b/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
index 8a916d74e..f8bdfc565 100755
--- a/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
+++ b/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if is_service_enabled designate-api && is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
     start_tls_proxy '*' $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT_INT &
 fi
 
-if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST:$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
+if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST:$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT/dns; do sleep 1; done"; then
     die $LINENO "Designate did not start"
 fi