diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-master-addons/kube-master-addons.sh b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-master-addons/kube-master-addons.sh
index ba9905d768d..4041e8f21f7 100755
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-master-addons/kube-master-addons.sh
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-master-addons/kube-master-addons.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ while true; do
   if [[ $loadedImageFlags == 7 ]]; then break; fi
 
   # Sometimes docker load hang, restart docker daemon resolve the issue
-  if [[ $restart_docker ]]; then service docker restart; fi
+  if [[ $restart_docker ]]; then
+    if ! service docker restart; then # Try systemctl if there's no service command.
+      systemctl restart docker      
+    fi
+  fi
 
   # sleep for 15 seconds before attempting to load docker images again
   sleep 15