diff --git a/packages/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin.service b/packages/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin.service
index 08c481c24c0..678fe855be5 100644
--- a/packages/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin.service
+++ b/packages/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Start NVIDIA kubernetes device plugin
 RefuseManualStart=true
 RefuseManualStop=true
 After=kubelet.service
-BindsTo=kubelet.service
+Wants=kubelet.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-device-plugin