diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
index f27eb08c6b..4be2df674a 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ outputs:
             systemd:
               name: libvirt-guests
               enabled: yes
+              state: started
               daemon_reload: yes
       upgrade_tasks:
         - name: Stop nova-compute service