diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
index b2147e74..9823bca6 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ class NetworkManager(object):
                 subprocess.check_call(['nmcli', 'c', 'u', u])
             else:
                 subprocess.check_call(['nmcli', 'c', 'add', 'type', self.devtypes[iname], 'con-name', cname, 'connection.interface-name', iname] + cargs)
+                self.read_connections()
+                u = self.uuidbyname.get(cname, None)
+                if u:
+                    subprocess.check_call(['nmcli', 'c', 'u', u])