diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb-clustercheck.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb-clustercheck.json.j2
index 38af51c016..7e273d8887 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb-clustercheck.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb-clustercheck.json.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "command": "socat {% if network_address_family == 'ipv6' %}-6{% endif %} -d -lf/var/log/kolla/mariadb/mariadb-clustercheck.log tcp-l:{{ mariadb_clustercheck_port }},fork,bind={{ api_interface_address }} EXEC:clustercheck",
+    "command": "socat {% if network_address_family == 'ipv6' %}-6{% endif %} -d -lf/var/log/kolla/mariadb/mariadb-clustercheck.log tcp-l:{{ mariadb_clustercheck_port }},fork,reuseaddr,bind={{ api_interface_address }} EXEC:clustercheck",
     "config_files": [],
     "permissions": [
         {