diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index 7eeceb7407c6..cdba14be21f0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ let
           # anything ever again ("couldn't resolve ..., giving up on
           # it"), so we silently lose time synchronisation. This also
           # applies to openntpd.
-          ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl try-restart ntpd.service
-          ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl try-restart openntpd.service
+          ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart ntpd.service openntpd.service || true
       fi
 
       ${cfg.runHook}