diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
index ba4b87a17c..194f7357ac 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ outputs:
             systemd:
               name: libvirt-guests
               enabled: yes
+              state: started
               daemon_reload: yes
       upgrade_tasks:
         - name: Stop nova-compute service