diff --git a/phosphor-ipmi-net@.service b/phosphor-ipmi-net@.service
index 0f944ab..c3ea0a0 100644
--- a/phosphor-ipmi-net@.service
+++ b/phosphor-ipmi-net@.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Network IPMI daemon
-Requires=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
+Wants=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
 After=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
 Requires=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
 After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device