diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovn/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ovn/handlers/main.yml
index 42263f16c7..c9714363f9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovn/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovn/handlers/main.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
   retries: 10
   delay: 6
   listen: "Restart ovn-nb-db container"
+  when:
+    - kolla_action != "config"
 
 - name: Wait for ovn-sb-db
   wait_for:
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
   retries: 10
   delay: 6
   listen: "Restart ovn-sb-db container"
+  when:
+    - kolla_action != "config"
 
 - name: Restart ovn-northd container
   vars: