diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index f0715a4d9f..5b38719a16 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ function init_cinder() {
         fi
 
         if sudo vgs $VOLUME_GROUP; then
+            if [[ "$os_PACKAGE" = "rpm" ]]; then
+                # RPM doesn't start the service
+                start_service tgtd
+            fi
+
             # Remove iscsi targets
             sudo tgtadm --op show --mode target | grep $VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX | grep Target | cut -f3 -d ' ' | sudo xargs -n1 tgt-admin --delete || true
             # Clean out existing volumes
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index d3de7162f2..e4b79448f7 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -1704,6 +1704,11 @@ elif is_service_enabled n-vol; then
     fi
 
     if sudo vgs $VOLUME_GROUP; then
+        if [[ "$os_PACKAGE" = "rpm" ]]; then
+            # RPM doesn't start the service
+            start_service tgtd
+        fi
+
         # Remove nova iscsi targets
         sudo tgtadm --op show --mode target | grep $VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX | grep Target | cut -f3 -d ' ' | sudo xargs -n1 tgt-admin --delete || true
         # Clean out existing volumes