diff --git a/scripts/common/containerd.sh b/scripts/common/containerd.sh
index 042d92ad03..0b46f13ab6 100644
--- a/scripts/common/containerd.sh
+++ b/scripts/common/containerd.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ function containerd_get_host_packages_online() {
 }
 
 function configure_containerd() {
+      sleep 1
+
       mkdir -p /etc/containerd
       containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml
 
@@ -39,9 +41,7 @@ function install_containerd() {
             bail "kURL does not support containerd on ${LSB_DIST} ${DIST_VERSION}, please use docker instead"
             ;;
       esac
-   fi
 
-   if [ ! -f "/etc/containerd/config.toml" ]; then
-       configure_containerd
+      configure_containerd
    fi
 }