diff --git a/lib/mm_network.pm b/lib/mm_network.pm
index 266be7498a69..4886c5ab21ed 100644
--- a/lib/mm_network.pm
+++ b/lib/mm_network.pm
@@ -228,10 +228,7 @@ sub setup_static_mm_network {
     configure_static_ip(ip => $ip, is_nm => $is_nm);
     configure_default_gateway(is_nm => $is_nm);
     configure_static_dns(get_host_resolv_conf(), is_nm => $is_nm);
-    # Previous functions apply NM settings at runtime and no restart is required to apply them.
-    # Tracking if a restart is required troughout these functions would be cleaner but given their current implementation
-    # we can get away with not restarting if using NM.
-    restart_networking(is_nm => $is_nm) unless $is_nm;
+    restart_networking(is_nm => $is_nm);
 }
 
 sub restart_networking {