diff --git a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
index bbc88321dd..60df78948f 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ set -ex
 OVS_SOCKET=/run/openvswitch/db.sock
 chown neutron: ${OVS_SOCKET}
 
+# This enables the usage of 'ovs-appctl' from neutron pod.
+OVS_PID=$(cat /run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid)
+OVS_CTL=/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.${OVS_PID}.ctl
+chown neutron: ${OVS_CTL}
 
 function get_dpdk_config_value {
   values=$1
diff --git a/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh.tpl b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d78ac5eb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron/templates/bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{{/*
+Copyright 2019 The Openstack-Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+set -e
+
+OVS_PID=$(cat /run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid)
+OVS_CTL=/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.${OVS_PID}.ctl
+
+ovs-vsctl list-br | grep -q br-int
+
+[ -z "$(/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl show | grep error:)" ]
+
+{{ if .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.enabled }}
+
+  # Check if dpdk is initialized
+  [ "$(ovs-vsctl get Open_vSwitch . dpdk_initialized)" == true ]
+
+  {{- if hasKey .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk "nics"}}
+    # Check if port(s) and bridge(s) are configured.
+    {{- range .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.nics }}
+      ovs-vsctl list-br | grep -q {{ .bridge }}
+      ovs-vsctl list-ports {{ .bridge }} | grep -q {{ .name }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+
+  {{- if hasKey .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk "bonds"}}
+    # Check if bond(s) and slave(s) are configured.
+    {{- range .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.bonds }}
+      bond={{ .name }}
+      ovs-appctl -t ${OVS_CTL} bond/list | grep -q  ${bond}
+      {{- range .nics }}
+        ovs-appctl -t ${OVS_CTL} bond/show ${bond} | grep -q "slave {{ .name }}"
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/neutron/templates/configmap-bin.yaml b/neutron/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
index 0ec16557d0..20baba9813 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ data:
 {{ tuple "bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
   neutron-openvswitch-agent-init-modules.sh: |
 {{ tuple "bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-init-modules.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
+  neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh: |
+{{ tuple "bin/_neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
   neutron-sriov-agent.sh: |
 {{ tuple "bin/_neutron-sriov-agent.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
   neutron-sriov-agent-init.sh: |
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
index 8a97288b92..9c815faa73 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 */}}
 
 {{- define "ovsAgentReadinessProbeTemplate" }}
-# ensures this container can can see a br-int
-# bridge before its marked as ready
 exec:
   command:
-    - bash
-    - -c
-    - 'ovs-vsctl list-br | grep -q br-int'
+    - /tmp/neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh
 {{- end }}
 {{- define "ovsAgentLivenessProbeTemplate" }}
 exec:
@@ -204,6 +200,10 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /tmp/neutron-openvswitch-agent.sh
               subPath: neutron-openvswitch-agent.sh
               readOnly: true
+            - name: neutron-bin
+              mountPath: /tmp/neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh
+              subPath: neutron-openvswitch-agent-readiness.sh
+              readOnly: true
             - name: neutron-bin
               mountPath: /tmp/health-probe.py
               subPath: health-probe.py