diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
index dad613c31..d32d2ec9e 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OVS_PID=/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid
 {{- if .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.enabled }}
 mkdir -p /run/openvswitch/{{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.vhostuser_socket_dir }}
 chown {{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }}.{{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }} /run/openvswitch/{{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.vhostuser_socket_dir }}
+chown {{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }}.{{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }} {{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.hugepages_mountpath }}
 {{- end }}
 
 function start () {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-5c0d74ca4f420e56.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-5c0d74ca4f420e56.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdd62d4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/openvswitch-5c0d74ca4f420e56.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+openvswitch:
+  - Set nova user as owner for hugepages mount path
+...