diff --git a/templates/nova-systemd-init.j2 b/templates/nova-systemd-init.j2
index 3900d335..0f43c196 100644
--- a/templates/nova-systemd-init.j2
+++ b/templates/nova-systemd-init.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ ExecStart={{ item.program_override }} {{ item.program_config_options | default('
 {% else %}
 ExecStart={{ nova_bin }}/{{ item.service_name }} {{ item.program_config_options | default('') }} {{ item.log_string | default('--log-file=') }}/var/log/nova/{{ item.service_name }}.log
 {% endif %}
+{% if item.service_name != nova_services['nova-novncproxy']['service_name'] and item.service_name != nova_services['nova-spicehtml5proxy']['service_name'] %}
 ExecReload={{ (item.wsgi_app is defined and item.wsgi_app) | ternary(nova_bin + '/uwsgi --reload /var/run/' + item.service_name + '/' + item.service_name +'.pid','/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID') }}
+{% endif %}
 
 # Give a reasonable amount of time for the server to start up/shut down
 TimeoutSec=120