diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index 6fb5c38..258e1a4 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     # and HP images used in the gate; rackspace has firewalld but hp
     # cloud doesn't.  RHEL6 doesn't have firewalld either.  So we
     # don't care if it fails.
-    if is_fedora; then
+    if is_fedora && is_package_installed firewalld; then
         sudo service firewalld restart || true
     fi
 }