diff --git a/templates/master/00-master/_base/units/rpm-ostreed.service.yaml b/templates/master/00-master/_base/units/rpm-ostreed.service.yaml
index 93a7e3e6d8..6a9e214729 100644
--- a/templates/master/00-master/_base/units/rpm-ostreed.service.yaml
+++ b/templates/master/00-master/_base/units/rpm-ostreed.service.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ dropins:
     # See https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/issues/1897
     [Service]
     Nice=10
-    IOSchedulingClass=idle
+    IOSchedulingClass=best-effort
+    IOSchedulingPriority=6