diff --git a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/api.pp b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/api.pp
index 31caccfbd7..03471e69d6 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/api.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if $cinder_rate_limits {
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Service['cinder-api']
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Exec['cinder-manage db_sync']
   Cinder_api_paste_ini<||> ~> Service['cinder-api']
+  Exec['cinder-manage db_sync'] -> Service['cinder-api']
 
   if $enabled {
     $ensure = 'running'
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/scheduler.pp b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/scheduler.pp
index 9acf052720..5cf64171c2 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/scheduler.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/scheduler.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class cinder::scheduler (
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Service['cinder-scheduler']
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Exec['cinder-manage db_sync']
   Cinder_api_paste_ini<||> ~> Service['cinder-scheduler']
+  Exec['cinder-manage db_sync'] -> Service['cinder-scheduler']
 
 
 
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/volume.pp b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/volume.pp
index 9f79f449d8..3b8eaa1e43 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/volume.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/cinder/manifests/volume.pp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class cinder::volume (
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Service['cinder-volume']
   Cinder_config<||> ~> Exec['cinder-manage db_sync']
   Cinder_api_paste_ini<||> ~> Service['cinder-volume']
+  Exec['cinder-manage db_sync'] -> Service['cinder-volume']
 
   if $enabled {
     $ensure = 'running'