diff --git a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
index 7ec21964f9..b0c30e6cdf 100644
--- a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
+++ b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/libvirt/transformers.py
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ def _install_libvirt(runbook: schema.TypedSchema, node: Node, log: Logger) -> No
 
         if isinstance(node.os, Ubuntu):
             node.execute("systemctl disable apparmor", shell=True, sudo=True)
-        node.execute("systemctl enable libvirtd", shell=True, sudo=True)
         node.reboot(time_out=900)
         if isinstance(node.os, CBLMariner):
             # After reboot, libvirtd service is in failed state and needs to
@@ -571,7 +570,11 @@ def _install_libvirt(runbook: schema.TypedSchema, node: Node, log: Logger) -> No
         libvirt_version = libvirt_installer._get_version()
         log.info(f"Already installed! libvirt version: {libvirt_version}")
         _fix_mariner_installation(node=node)
-        node.reboot(time_out=900)
+
+    node.execute("systemctl enable libvirtd", shell=True, sudo=True)
+    node.execute("systemctl enable virtnetworkd", shell=True, sudo=True)
+    log.info("Enabled libvirtd and virtnetworkd services")
+    node.reboot(time_out=900)
 
 
 # Some fixes to the libvirt installation on Mariner.