diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/macvlan/tasks/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/macvlan/tasks/main.yml
index bdc2dbc26..c5c079a3e 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/macvlan/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/macvlan/tasks/main.yml
@@ -108,3 +108,18 @@
     sysctl_file: "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
     state: present
     reload: yes
+
+- name: Containerd | restart containerd
+  systemd:
+    name: containerd
+    state: restarted
+    enabled: yes
+    daemon-reload: yes
+    masked: no
+
+- name: Containerd | wait for containerd
+  command: "{{ containerd_bin_dir }}/ctr images ls -q"
+  register: containerd_ready
+  retries: 8
+  delay: 4
+  until: containerd_ready.rc == 0