diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
index 72352f0..4fe87a9 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
         name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
         kubeletExtraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
+          serialize-image-pulls: true
           node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.control-plane" . | nindent 12 }}
         taints:
           {{- include "openstack.taints.control-plane" . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
         name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
         kubeletExtraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
+          serialize-image-pulls: true
           node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.control-plane" . | nindent 12 }}
         taints:
           {{- include "openstack.taints.control-plane" . | nindent 8 }}