diff --git a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
index ce8247327a..0b476724a1 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
@@ -329,9 +329,27 @@ function process_dpdk_bonds {
       fi
     done < /tmp/nics_array
 
-    ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --may-exist add-bond "${dpdk_bridge}" "${bond_name}" \
-      ${nic_name_str} \
-      "${ovs_options}" ${dev_args_str}
+    if [ "${UPDATE_DPDK_BOND_CONFIG}" == "true" ]; then
+      echo -e "NOTE: UPDATE_DPDK_BOND_CONFIG is set to true.\
+      \nThis might cause disruptions in ovs traffic.\
+      \nTo avoid this disruption set UPDATE_DPDK_BOND_CONFIG to false."
+      ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} set Bridge "${dpdk_bridge}" other_config:update_config=true
+      ovs_update_config=true
+    else
+      ovs_update_config=$(ovs-vsctl --columns=other_config --no-heading -d json list bridge "${dpdk_bridge}" \
+        | jq -r '.[1][] as $list | if $list[0] == "update_config" then $list[1] else empty end')
+    fi
+
+
+    if [ "${ovs_update_config}" == "true" ] || [ "${ovs_update_config}" == "" ];
+    then
+      ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --if-exists del-port "${bond_name}"
+      ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} set Bridge "${dpdk_bridge}" other_config:update_config=false
+      ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --may-exist add-bond "${dpdk_bridge}" "${bond_name}" \
+        ${nic_name_str} \
+        "${ovs_options}" ${dev_args_str}
+    fi
+
   done < "/tmp/bonds_array"
 }
 
diff --git a/neutron/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/neutron/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index b888fc820d..ec1aa68467 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ data:
   rootwrap.conf: {{ $envAll.Values.conf.rootwrap | b64enc }}
   auto_bridge_add: {{ toJson $envAll.Values.conf.auto_bridge_add | b64enc }}
   dpdk.conf: {{ toJson $envAll.Values.conf.ovs_dpdk | b64enc }}
+  update_dpdk_bond_config: {{ $envAll.Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.update_dpdk_bond_config | toString | b64enc }}
 {{-  if .Values.manifests.certificates }}
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.values_template_renderer" (dict "envAll" $envAll "template" .Values.conf.mpm_event "key" "mpm_event.conf" "format" "Secret" ) | indent 2 }}
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.values_template_renderer" (dict "envAll" $envAll "template" .Values.conf.wsgi_neutron_server "key" "wsgi-server.conf" "format" "Secret" ) | indent 2 }}
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
index 05ee00630e..b33cb0ef9e 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll "neutron_openvswitch_agent" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.agent.ovs | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "neutron_ovs_agent" "container" "neutron_ovs_agent_init" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
+          {{- if .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.enabled }}
+          env:
+            - name: UPDATE_DPDK_BOND_CONFIG
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: neutron-ovs-agent-default
+                  key: update_dpdk_bond_config
+          {{- end }}
           command:
             - /tmp/neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/neutron/values.yaml b/neutron/values.yaml
index e4aba783f8..78c6d4ee78 100644
--- a/neutron/values.yaml
+++ b/neutron/values.yaml
@@ -2105,6 +2105,12 @@ conf:
   # because additional parameters are needed
   ovs_dpdk:
     enabled: false
+    # setting update_dpdk_bond_config to true will have default behavior,
+    # which may cause disruptions in ovs dpdk traffic in case of neutron
+    # ovs agent restart or when dpdk nic/bond configurations are changed.
+    # Setting this to false will configure dpdk in the first run and
+    # disable nic/bond config on event of restart or config update.
+    update_dpdk_bond_config: true
     driver: uio_pci_generic
     # In case bonds are configured, the nics which are part of those bonds
     # must NOT be provided here.