diff --git a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
index b521019d..e8edf6f7 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
@@ -1476,6 +1476,59 @@ udevadm settle --timeout=300 || report_failure_with_msg "udevadm settle failed"
 # Rescan LVM cache to avoid warnings for VGs that were recreated.
 pvscan --cache 2>/dev/null
 
+# Stage the ostree_repo in /sysroot.
+# Doing so avoids a double ostree pull of the ostree_repo over the network.
+if [ "${controller}" = true ] ; then
+    ilog "****************************************************"
+    ilog "** OSTree Initialization                          **"
+    ilog "****************************************************"
+    ##############################################################
+    #
+    # Controller node network installs pull the ostree_repo from
+    # the pxeboot server's feed directory in 'archive' mode into
+    # /sysroot as a local staging location. In this case LAT's
+    # INSTL (install) variable is updated to install from that
+    # local stage.
+    #
+    # This is done to avoid a second (double) ostree_repo pull
+    # over the network that would otherwise be needed to populate
+    # the controller's feed directory.
+    #
+    # This staged ostree_repo archive is later moved to the
+    # controller's feed directory to be used for future installs
+    # of other system nodes from this controller.
+    #
+    ##############################################################
+
+    PHYS_SYSROOT="/sysroot"
+    ilog "Initial pull of ostree into $PHYS_SYSROOT, insturl=$insturl, instbr=$instbr"
+
+    OSTREE_ROOT_DEVICE="LABEL=otaroot"
+    mkdir -p ${PHYS_SYSROOT}
+    mount -o rw,noatime "${OSTREE_ROOT_DEVICE}" "${PHYS_SYSROOT}" || elog "Error mounting ${OSTREE_ROOT_DEVICE}"
+
+    repo="${PHYS_SYSROOT}/var/www/pages/feed/rel-xxxPLATFORM_RELEASExxx/ostree_repo"
+    mkdir -p "${repo}"
+
+    # Tell LAT to install friom this local stage
+    # i.e. override where LAT installs from.
+    export instl=${repo}
+    export INSTL=${instl}
+
+    ostree --repo=${repo} init --mode=archive
+    if [ "${insturl}" = "file://NOT_SET" ] ; then
+        ilog "Using ostree remote: ${instbr} file:///instboot/ostree_repo"
+        ostree --repo=${repo} remote add ${instbr} file:///instboot/ostree_repo
+    else
+        ilog "Using ostree remote: ${instbr} ${insturl}"
+        ostree --repo=${repo} remote add ${instbr} ${insturl}
+    fi
+
+    ilog "ostree --repo=${repo} pull --depth=-1 --mirror ${instbr}:${instbr}"
+    ostree --repo=${repo} pull --depth=-1 --mirror ${instbr}:${instbr}
+    umount ${PHYS_SYSROOT}
+fi
+
 true
 %end
 
@@ -1884,37 +1937,33 @@ true
 HOOK_LABEL="post_nochroot"
 . /tmp/lat/ks_functions.sh
 
-###########################################################
-# From post_miniboot_controller.cfg
-###########################################################
+ilog "****************************************************"
+ilog "*** Post Nochroot - Restage OSTree repo           **"
+ilog "****************************************************"
+ilog "IMAGE_ROOTFS=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 
-ilog "Local Install Check"
+get_variable "ostree_repo_fetched"
+OSTREE_REPO_FETCHED=$?
 
-# TODO: this is a second pull, which should be avoided.
-# Remove this second pull and look at a single solution
-# where the archive is stored first and then installed.
-#
 if [ "${controller}" = true ] ; then
-    # Note: this is updated by the build:
-    sw_release="xxxPLATFORM_RELEASExxx"
+    sw_release="xxxPLATFORM_RELEASExxx"  # updated by the build
+
     feed="${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/www/pages/feed/rel-${sw_release}"
     repo="${feed}/ostree_repo"
-    if [ ! -d "$repo" ]; then
-        mkdir -p "${repo}"
 
-        ilog "Initializing ostree repo at: $repo"
-        # get the remote installation details
-        ostree --repo=${repo} init --mode=archive
-
-        if [ "${insturl}" = "file://NOT_SET" ] ; then
-            ostree --repo=${repo} remote add ${instbr} file:///instboot/ostree_repo
-        else
-            ostree --repo=${repo} remote add ${instbr} ${insturl}
-        fi
-
-        ilog "Populating: ostree --repo=${repo} pull --mirror ${instbr}:${instbr}"
-        ostree --repo=${repo} pull --mirror ${instbr}:${instbr}
+    if [ ${OSTREE_REPO_FETCHED} -eq 0 ] ; then
+        ilog "Stage ostree_repo from previous /sysroot pull to ${repo}"
+        mv -f /sysroot/var/www/pages/feed/rel-${sw_release}/ostree_repo ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/www/pages/feed/rel-${sw_release}/
     fi
+    # Set ostree remote to the local install feed
+    file_feed="file:///var/www/pages/feed/rel-${sw_release}/ostree_repo/"
+    feed_branch="starlingx"
+    ilog "Replacing ostree sysroot remote ${instname} with: ${file_feed} ${feed_branch}"
+    ostree --repo=/sysroot/ostree/repo remote delete ${instname}
+    ostree --repo=/sysroot/ostree/repo remote add ${instname} ${file_feed} ${feed_branch}
+
+    # This fetch is only needed once because the repo is stored in /var
+    set_variable "ostree_repo_fetched"
 fi
 
 true