diff --git a/hooks/nvidia-device-plugin/image/files/nvidia-device-plugin.service b/hooks/nvidia-device-plugin/image/files/nvidia-device-plugin.service
index 660d7e48c5..63bc877437 100644
--- a/hooks/nvidia-device-plugin/image/files/nvidia-device-plugin.service
+++ b/hooks/nvidia-device-plugin/image/files/nvidia-device-plugin.service
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Description=Prepare AWS GPU instances for Nvidia Kubernetes Device Plugin
 After=cloud-config.target cloud-init.target kops-configuration.service apt-daily-upgrade.timer install-xfs.service
 
 [Service]
-Type=oneshot
+Type=simple
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=3
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "/nvidia-device-plugin/nvidia-device-plugin.sh"
 
 [Install]