diff --git a/meta-fii/meta-kudo/recipes-kudo/kudo-sys-utility/kudo-boot/init_once.sh b/meta-fii/meta-kudo/recipes-kudo/kudo-sys-utility/kudo-boot/init_once.sh
index 55661df..7f1c39d 100644
--- a/meta-fii/meta-kudo/recipes-kudo/kudo-sys-utility/kudo-boot/init_once.sh
+++ b/meta-fii/meta-kudo/recipes-kudo/kudo-sys-utility/kudo-boot/init_once.sh
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@
 
 # Create /run/openbmc for system power files
 mkdir "/run/openbmc"
+
+# Restart psusensor service to enusre that the VBAT sensor doesn't say "no reading" until
+# it's second query after a hotswap
+(sleep 45; systemctl restart xyz.openbmc_project.psusensor.service)&