diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index c72dd86de0..899137f4c8 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ outputs:
                     Description=Suspend libvirt Guests in tripleo
                     Requires=virt-guest-shutdown.target
                     After=systemd-machined.service
+                    After=network-online.target
                     After=tripleo_nova_libvirt.service
                     Before=tripleo_nova_compute.service
                     Documentation=man:libvirtd(8)