diff --git a/templates/common/_base/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml b/templates/common/_base/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
index 52290b8783..1e4d58b699 100644
--- a/templates/common/_base/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
+++ b/templates/common/_base/units/ovs-vswitchd.service.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ dropins:
     contents: |
       [Service]
       Restart=always
+      ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/chown -R :$${OVS_USER_ID##*:} /var/lib/openvswitch'
+      ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/chown -R :$${OVS_USER_ID##*:} /etc/openvswitch'
+      ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/chown -R :$${OVS_USER_ID##*:} /run/openvswitch'