diff --git a/deployment/puppet/cluster/manifests/mysql.pp b/deployment/puppet/cluster/manifests/mysql.pp
index 9fabaca9a8..994ad017b7 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/cluster/manifests/mysql.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/cluster/manifests/mysql.pp
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ class cluster::mysql (
       'timeout'  => '55'
     },
     'start'   => {
-      'interval' => '0',
-      'timeout'  => '330'
+      'interval' => '30',
+      'timeout'  => '330',
+      'on-fail'  => 'restart',
     },
     'stop'    => {
       'interval' => '0',