diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
index 720ac8a965..38abb99d5c 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 # Initial expected state is mirrorlist1 running, mirrorlist2 not running and new pkl
 
+if [ ! -f /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist2/global_netblocks.txt ];
+then
+	cp /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/* srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist2/
+fi
+
 ## Check that pkl is newer than old pkl
 if [ /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/mirrorlist_cache.pkl -nt /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist2/mirrorlist_cache.pkl ]; then
 	# new pkl