diff --git a/controllerconfig/controllerconfig/upgrade-scripts/97-reset-config-target.py b/controllerconfig/controllerconfig/upgrade-scripts/97-reset-config-target.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a16f5d3dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllerconfig/controllerconfig/upgrade-scripts/97-reset-config-target.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# This script will clear the host config target.
+# This is required in order to ensure tracking is aligned with config
+# requests in N+1 release and not due to potential stale configuration
+# from N release.
+
+import psycopg2
+import sys
+
+from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
+from controllerconfig.common import log
+
+LOG = log.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def main():
+    action = None
+    from_release = None
+    to_release = None
+    arg = 1
+
+    while arg < len(sys.argv):
+        if arg == 1:
+            from_release = sys.argv[arg]
+        elif arg == 2:
+            to_release = sys.argv[arg]  # noqa
+        elif arg == 3:
+            action = sys.argv[arg]
+        else:
+            print ("Invalid option %s." % sys.argv[arg])
+            return 1
+        arg += 1
+
+    log.configure()
+
+    LOG.debug("%s invoked with from_release = %s to_release = %s action = %s"
+              % (sys.argv[0], from_release, to_release, action))
+
+    # This host table data migration will likely be required for each release
+    if action == "migrate":
+        try:
+            reset_config_target()
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.exception(ex)
+            return 1
+
+
+def reset_config_target():
+
+    conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=sysinv user=postgres")
+    with conn:
+        with conn.cursor(cursor_factory=RealDictCursor) as cur:
+            cur.execute("update i_host set config_target=NULL where "
+                        "recordtype!='profile'",)
+
+    LOG.info("Reset host config_target completed")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
index c8b5ad3c55..b957571da9 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
@@ -5225,7 +5225,8 @@ class ConductorManager(service.PeriodicService):
 
         if upgrade.state == constants.UPGRADE_ACTIVATING_HOSTS:
             hosts = self.dbapi.ihost_get_list()
-            out_of_date_hosts = [host for host in hosts if host.config_target != host.config_applied]
+            out_of_date_hosts = [host for host in hosts
+                                 if host.config_target and host.config_target != host.config_applied]
             if not out_of_date_hosts:
                 LOG.info("Manifests applied. Upgrade activation complete.")
                 self.dbapi.software_upgrade_update(