diff --git a/packages/linux/system.d/cpupower-start.service b/packages/linux/system.d/cpupower-start.service
index 5b29359d1a..b967eb78d5 100644
--- a/packages/linux/system.d/cpupower-start.service
+++ b/packages/linux/system.d/cpupower-start.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DefaultDependencies=false
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do printf "performance" > $i; done'
+ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c 'for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do printf "performance" > $i; done'
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 
 [Install]