diff --git a/neutron/cmd/ovs_cleanup.py b/neutron/cmd/ovs_cleanup.py
index c6290909a8e..8e75317e08f 100644
--- a/neutron/cmd/ovs_cleanup.py
+++ b/neutron/cmd/ovs_cleanup.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def main():
     conf = setup_conf()
     conf()
     config.setup_logging()
+    agent_config.setup_privsep()
     do_main(conf)