diff --git a/templates/worker/00-worker/openstack/files/NetworkManager-resolv-prepender.yaml b/templates/worker/00-worker/openstack/files/NetworkManager-resolv-prepender.yaml
index d65fadf18f..e6d4b933f8 100644
--- a/templates/worker/00-worker/openstack/files/NetworkManager-resolv-prepender.yaml
+++ b/templates/worker/00-worker/openstack/files/NetworkManager-resolv-prepender.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ contents:
     case "$STATUS" in
         up|down|dhcp4-change|dhcp6-change)
         logger -s "NM resolv-prepender triggered by ${1} ${2}."
+
+        # Ensure resolv.conf exists before we try to run podman
+        cp /var/run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
+
         NAMESERVER_IP=$(/usr/bin/podman run --rm \
             --authfile /var/lib/kubelet/config.json \
             --net=host \
@@ -37,9 +41,6 @@ contents:
             sed -e "/^search/d" \
                 -e "/Generated by/c# Generated by OpenStack resolv prepender NM dispatcher script\nsearch $DOMAIN\nnameserver $NAMESERVER_IP" \
                 /var/run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf > /etc/resolv.tmp
-        else
-            logger -s "Couldn't find a non-virtual IP, just updating resolv.conf"
-            cp /var/run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.tmp
         fi
         # Only leave the first 3 nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf
         sed -i ':a $!{N; ba}; s/\(^\|\n\)nameserver/\n# nameserver/4g' /etc/resolv.tmp