diff --git a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
index 81813f4f5b..56daa56e19 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
+++ b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ set -ex
 # NOTE(mnaser): This will move the VNC certificates into the expected location.
 if [ -f /tmp/vnc.crt ]; then
   mkdir -p /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc
-  mv /tmp/vnc.key /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-key.pem
-  mv /tmp/vnc.crt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-cert.pem
-  mv /tmp/vnc-ca.crt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/ca-cert.pem
+  cp /tmp/vnc.key /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-key.pem
+  cp /tmp/vnc.crt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-cert.pem
+  cp /tmp/vnc-ca.crt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/ca-cert.pem
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$(cat /proc/*/comm 2>/dev/null | grep -w libvirtd)" ]; then
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-f81d6fc0b0094209.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-f81d6fc0b0094209.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..568481f539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-f81d6fc0b0094209.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+libvirt:
+  - |
+    Keeping vnc ca/key/cert in /tmp so in case container (not pod) restarts
+    it could copy them one again to the proper place. This allows to handle
+    libvirt crashes properly without restarting libvirt pods.
+...