diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/mk24_lab_ovs_dvr_vlan_bm/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/mk24_lab_ovs_dvr_vlan_bm/salt.yaml
index a798cce..337a29a 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/mk24_lab_ovs_dvr_vlan_bm/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/mk24_lab_ovs_dvr_vlan_bm/salt.yaml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 - description: Create VMs for control plane
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False 'kvm*' state.sls salt.control
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  retry: {count: 3, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false