diff --git a/src/config/utils/issu_process.sh b/src/config/utils/issu_process.sh
index 54657617c6c..67236aae0ac 100755
--- a/src/config/utils/issu_process.sh
+++ b/src/config/utils/issu_process.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function issu_contrail_switch_compute_node {
     openstack-config --set /etc/contrail/supervisord_vrouter_files/contrail-vrouter-agent.ini program:contrail-vrouter-agent killasgroup true
     openstack-config --set /etc/contrail/contrail-vrouter-nodemgr.conf DISCOVERY server $1 
     for i in `ls /etc/contrail/contrail-tor-agent-*`; do echo $i; openstack-config --set $i DISCOVERY server $1; done
-    service supervisor-vrouter stop; rmmod vrouter;modprobe vrouter;service supervisor-vrouter start
+    service supervisor-vrouter status; service supervisor-vrouter stop; service supervisor-vrouter status; rmmod -w vrouter;modprobe vrouter;service supervisor-vrouter start
     contrail-status
     route -n
 }