diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk-openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk-openstack.yaml
index f228752..cc19c57 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk-openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk-openstack.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@nova:controller' state.sls nova -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 2, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check nova service-list