diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-deprecated-ips.sh.in b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-deprecated-ips.sh.in
index 677ef28..9d9f789 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-deprecated-ips.sh.in
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-deprecated-ips.sh.in
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   else
     printf '%s' "$nfcontents" >"$rfile"
   fi
-  systemctl reset-failed nftables && systemctl --no-block restart nftables || true
+  systemctl reset-failed nftables && systemctl --no-block reload-or-restart nftables || true
 }
 
 gbmc_ncsi_br_deprecated_ips_hook() {
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
index 30b2b65..074ec57 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@
   mkdir -p -m 755 "$(dirname "$rfile")"
   printf '%s' "$contents" >"$rfile"
 
-  echo 'Restarting nftables' >&2
-  systemctl reset-failed nftables
-  systemctl --no-block restart nftables
+  systemctl reset-failed nftables && systemctl --no-block reload-or-restart nftables || true
 }
 
 gbmc_ncsi_nft_hook() {