diff --git a/templates/common/_base/files/cleanup-cni-conf.yaml b/templates/common/_base/files/cleanup-cni-conf.yaml
index f3257dca7f..f7c3299a60 100644
--- a/templates/common/_base/files/cleanup-cni-conf.yaml
+++ b/templates/common/_base/files/cleanup-cni-conf.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ contents:
     r /etc/kubernetes/cni/net.d/10-ovn-kubernetes.conf
     r /etc/kubernetes/cni/net.d/00-multus.conf
     d /run/multus/cni/net.d/ 0755 root root - -
+    D /var/lib/cni/networks/openshift-sdn/ 0755 root root - -