diff --git a/aether-playbook/roles/sriov-dpdk/templates/etc/systemd/system/sriov.service.j2 b/aether-playbook/roles/sriov-dpdk/templates/etc/systemd/system/sriov.service.j2
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+# Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Create VFs on {{ upf_sriov_pf }}
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/sriov.sh {{ upf_sriov_pf }}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target