diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 5ed31ff85..d82bd2604 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ func New(
 		eventRecorder:   er,
 		featureGate:     featureGates,
 		disabledPlugins: disabledPlugins,
+		mu:              &sync.Mutex{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ func (dn *Daemon) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}, exitCh <-chan error) error {
 
 	var timeout int64 = 5
 	var metadataKey = "metadata.name"
-	dn.mu = &sync.Mutex{}
 	informerFactory := sninformer.NewFilteredSharedInformerFactory(dn.sriovClient,
 		time.Second*15,
 		vars.Namespace,
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@ func (dn *Daemon) restartDevicePluginPod() error {
 	defer dn.mu.Unlock()
 	log.Log.V(2).Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): try to restart device plugin pod")
 
-	var podToDelete string
 	pods, err := dn.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{
 		LabelSelector:   "app=sriov-device-plugin",
 		FieldSelector:   "spec.nodeName=" + vars.NodeName,
@@ -702,35 +701,37 @@ func (dn *Daemon) restartDevicePluginPod() error {
 		log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): device plugin pod exited")
 		return nil
 	}
-	podToDelete = pods.Items[0].Name
 
-	log.Log.V(2).Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): Found device plugin pod, deleting it", "pod-name", podToDelete)
-	err = dn.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), podToDelete, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): pod to delete not found")
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): Failed to delete device plugin pod, retrying")
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := wait.PollImmediateUntil(3*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
-		_, err := dn.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Get(context.Background(), podToDelete, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
+		podToDelete := pod.Name
+		log.Log.V(2).Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): Found device plugin pod, deleting it", "pod-name", podToDelete)
+		err = dn.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), podToDelete, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): device plugin pod exited")
-			return true, nil
+			log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): pod to delete not found")
+			return nil
 		}
-
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): Failed to check for device plugin exit, retrying")
-		} else {
-			log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): waiting for device plugin pod to exit", "pod-name", podToDelete)
+			log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): Failed to delete device plugin pod, retrying")
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := wait.PollImmediateUntil(3*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
+			_, err := dn.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Get(context.Background(), podToDelete, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): device plugin pod exited")
+				return true, nil
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): Failed to check for device plugin exit, retrying")
+			} else {
+				log.Log.Info("restartDevicePluginPod(): waiting for device plugin pod to exit", "pod-name", podToDelete)
+			}
+			return false, nil
+		}, dn.stopCh); err != nil {
+			log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): failed to wait for checking pod deletion")
+			return err
 		}
-		return false, nil
-	}, dn.stopCh); err != nil {
-		log.Log.Error(err, "restartDevicePluginPod(): failed to wait for checking pod deletion")
-		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
index f1111810a..f101cf31a 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/test/util/fakefilesystem"
 )
 
+var SriovDevicePluginPod corev1.Pod = corev1.Pod{
+	ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		Name:      "sriov-device-plugin-xxxx",
+		Namespace: vars.Namespace,
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"app": "sriov-device-plugin",
+		},
+	},
+	Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+		NodeName: "test-node",
+	},
+}
+
 func TestConfigDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
 	RunSpecs(t, "Config Daemon Suite")
@@ -107,19 +120,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Config Daemon", func() {
 			},
 		}
 
-		SriovDevicePluginPod := corev1.Pod{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      "sriov-device-plugin-xxxx",
-				Namespace: vars.Namespace,
-				Labels: map[string]string{
-					"app": "sriov-device-plugin",
-				},
-			},
-			Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-				NodeName: "test-node",
-			},
-		}
-
 		err = sriovnetworkv1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		kClient := kclient.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme.Scheme).WithRuntimeObjects(&corev1.Node{
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Config Daemon", func() {
 					Namespace: vars.Namespace,
 				}}).Build()
 
-		kubeClient := fakek8s.NewSimpleClientset(&FakeSupportedNicIDs, &SriovDevicePluginPod)
+		kubeClient := fakek8s.NewSimpleClientset(&FakeSupportedNicIDs)
 		snclient := snclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
 		err = sriovnetworkv1.InitNicIDMapFromConfigMap(kubeClient, vars.Namespace)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Config Daemon", func() {
 			err := sut.Run(stopCh, exitCh)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		}()
+
+		_, err = sut.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Create(context.Background(), &SriovDevicePluginPod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
@@ -286,6 +290,34 @@ var _ = Describe("Config Daemon", func() {
 
 			Expect(sut.desiredNodeState.GetGeneration()).To(BeNumerically("==", 777))
 		})
+
+		It("restart all the sriov-device-plugin pods present on the node", func() {
+			otherPod1 := SriovDevicePluginPod.DeepCopy()
+			otherPod1.Name = "sriov-device-plugin-xxxa"
+			_, err := sut.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Create(context.Background(), otherPod1, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			otherPod2 := SriovDevicePluginPod.DeepCopy()
+			otherPod2.Name = "sriov-device-plugin-xxxz"
+			_, err = sut.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).Create(context.Background(), otherPod2, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			err = sut.restartDevicePluginPod()
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Eventually(func() (int, error) {
+				podList, err := sut.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(vars.Namespace).List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{
+					LabelSelector: "app=sriov-device-plugin",
+					FieldSelector: "spec.nodeName=test-node",
+				})
+
+				if err != nil {
+					return 0, err
+				}
+
+				return len(podList.Items), nil
+			}, "1s").Should(BeZero())
+		})
 	})
 })