diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index 20982a07bf..737934de8f 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ function start_ironic_conductor {
 
 # Starts VirtualPDU
 function start_virtualpdu {
-    run_process ir-vpdu "virtualpdu $IRONIC_VPDU_CONFIG_FILE" libvirtd
+    run_process ir-vpdu "virtualpdu $IRONIC_VPDU_CONFIG_FILE" libvirt
 }