diff --git a/bindata/manifests/switchdev-config/ovs-units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml b/bindata/manifests/switchdev-config/ovs-units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
index 8174f1d69..66d7efed1 100644
--- a/bindata/manifests/switchdev-config/ovs-units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
+++ b/bindata/manifests/switchdev-config/ovs-units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ dropins:
 - name: 10-hw-offload.conf
   contents: |
     [Service]
-    ExecStartPre=/bin/ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true
+    ExecStartPre=/bin/ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true
diff --git a/pkg/render/testdata/machineconfig/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml b/pkg/render/testdata/machineconfig/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
index 8174f1d69..66d7efed1 100644
--- a/pkg/render/testdata/machineconfig/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
+++ b/pkg/render/testdata/machineconfig/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ dropins:
 - name: 10-hw-offload.conf
   contents: |
     [Service]
-    ExecStartPre=/bin/ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true
+    ExecStartPre=/bin/ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true