diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index cbfbdfa..5ac9ff1 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@
 }
 
 function start_nova {
-    start_nova_compute
     start_nova_rest
+    start_nova_compute
 }
 
 function stop_nova_compute {