diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index b8cf809..ade3b82 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -432,12 +432,13 @@
             _configure_tgt_for_config_d
             if is_ubuntu; then
                 sudo service tgt restart
-            elif is_fedora || is_suse; then
-                restart_service tgtd
+            elif is_suse; then
+                # NOTE(dmllr): workaround restart bug
+                # https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934642
+                stop_service tgtd
+                start_service tgtd
             else
-                # note for other distros: unstack.sh also uses the tgt/tgtd service
-                # name, and would need to be adjusted too
-                exit_distro_not_supported "restarting tgt"
+                restart_service tgtd
             fi
             # NOTE(gfidente): ensure tgtd is running in debug mode
             sudo tgtadm --mode system --op update --name debug --value on