diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml b/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
index fe0dc4343..598dbae13 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ exec:
   command:
     - /bin/bash
     - -c
-    - '/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl show && [ $(ovs-vsctl get Open_vSwitch . dpdk_initialized) == true ]'
+    - '/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl show && ! /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl list Open_vSwitch | grep -q dpdk_initialized.*false'
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}