diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 7012421a44..b45c8fe234 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     local_action: wait_for host={{ target }} port=22 delay=120 timeout=900 search_regex=OpenSSH
 
   - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
-    wait_for: path=/var/run/libvirtd.pid state=present
+    wait_for: path=/var/run/libvirtd.pid state=present delay=10
 
   - name: look up vmlist
     virt: command=list_vms