diff --git a/cookbooks/fb_systemd/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/fb_systemd/recipes/default.rb
index bdab2b64..6251945c 100644
--- a/cookbooks/fb_systemd/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/fb_systemd/recipes/default.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   owner 'root'
   group 'root'
   mode '0644'
-  notifies :run, 'execute[process tmpfiles]'
+  notifies :run, 'execute[process tmpfiles]', :immediately
 end
 
 execute 'load modules' do