diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 4dc5189461..a9ba1cc6ca 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=420
 
   - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
-    wait_for: host={{ target }} path=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock
+    wait_for: host={{ target }} path=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock state=present timeout=300
 
   - name: look up vmlist
     virt: command=list_vms