diff --git a/SOURCES/powerpc-utils-1.3.8-fix_boot-time_bonding_interface_cleanup_and_avoid_use_ifcfg.patch b/SOURCES/powerpc-utils-1.3.8-fix_boot-time_bonding_interface_cleanup_and_avoid_use_ifcfg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b25aeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/powerpc-utils-1.3.8-fix_boot-time_bonding_interface_cleanup_and_avoid_use_ifcfg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+commit bfabc531021ee9cfc4c8dd83803e9daf7e45d91e
+Author: Mingming Cao <mmc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Date:   Thu Jan 28 12:49:07 2021 -0800
+
+    Fix boot-time bonding interface cleanup and avoid use ifcfg
+    
+    This patch fix three issues
+    1) Avoid cleanup bond interface at the boot time when there is no HNV exists
+    
+    2) Using nmcli instead of ifconfig file to check bond configuration as it
+    has been officially deprecated. This makes HNV configure bonding
+    indpendant of where bonding cfg file located.
+    
+    3) At the time of calling ofpathname to look up for devicename, wait
+    for sys fs device ready. Otherwise the OS may in the middle of device
+    renaming.
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <mmc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+diff --git a/scripts/hcnmgr b/scripts/hcnmgr
+index a76505e..e4b56d6 100644
+--- a/scripts/hcnmgr
++++ b/scripts/hcnmgr
+@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ get_dev_hcn() {
+ 	# Let's retry a few times.
+ 	while [ $wait != 0 ]; do
+ 		if DEVNAME=$(ofpathname -l "$(echo "$1" | sed -e "s/\/proc\/device-tree//")" 2>/dev/null); then
+-			break
++			if [ -e /sys/class/net/"$DEVNAME" ]; then
++				hcnlog DEBUG "ofpathname waiting for /sys/class/net device $DEVNAME ready"
++				break
++			fi
+ 		fi
+ 
+ 		hcnlog DEBUG "ofpathname return $?, devname is $DEVNAME rety counter $wait"
+@@ -278,9 +281,7 @@ do_config_vdevice() {
+ 	BOND_PATH=$BOND_BASEPATH/$BONDNAME/bonding
+ 
+ 	hcnlog DEBUG "Check if there is bond $BONDNAME with hcn id $HCNID"
+-
+-	hcnlog DEBUG "ifconfig file $IFCONFIG_PATH/ifconfig-$BONDNAME"
+-	if [ ! -e "$IFCONFIG_PATH/ifcfg-$BONDNAME" ]; then
++	if ! nmcli -f NAME con show --active | grep -q "$BONDNAME\s"; then
+ 		hcnlog INFO "nmcli con add type bond con-name $BONDNAME ifname $BONDNAME"
+ 		nmcli con add type bond con-name "$BONDNAME" ifname "$BONDNAME"
+ 
+@@ -375,7 +376,10 @@ rmhcn() {
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	hcnlog INFO "rmhcn: delete bond $BONDNAME and slaves "
+-	nmcli -f NAME con show | grep "$BONDNAME" | xargs sudo nmcli con delete
++	for connection in $(nmcli -f NAME con show | grep "$BONDNAME"); do
++		hcnlog INFO "Delete bonding connection $connection"
++		nmcli con delete "$connection"
++	done
+ 	hcnlog DEBUG "rmhcn: exit"
+ 	return $E_SUCCESS
+ }
+@@ -576,19 +580,24 @@ scanhcn() {
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	# Next clean up dead connections left from orgitinal LPAR after inactive miration
+-
+-	# list of all HCN ids
+-	ids="${HcnIds[*]}"
+-	# After inactive migration, LPAR may have old bonding connections
+-	# with network device on original LPAR
+-    # clean up dead bonding connections
+-	for connection in $(nmcli -f NAME con show | grep "${ids// /\\|}"); do
+-		dev=$(echo "$connection" | cut -d '-' -f 2)
+-		if [[ $dev != "NAME" && ! -e /sys/class/net/"$dev" ]]; then
+-			hcnlog INFO "Delete dead bonding connection $connection"
+-			nmcli con delete "$connection"
+-		fi
+-	done
++	# Only do this when the HNV ID array is not empty
++
++	if [[ ${HcnIds[[@]} ]]; then
++		hcnlog INFO "hcnscan finished. Found HNV devices on this LPAR"
++
++		# list of all HCN ids
++		ids="${HcnIds[*]}"
++		# After inactive migration, LPAR may have old bonding connections
++		# with network device on original LPAR
++		# clean up dead bonding connections
++		for connection in $(nmcli -f NAME con show | grep "${ids// /\\|}"); do
++			dev=$(echo "$connection" | cut -d '-' -f 2)
++			if [[ $dev != "NAME" && ! -e /sys/class/net/"$dev" ]]; then
++				hcnlog INFO "Delete dead bonding connection $connection"
++				nmcli con delete "$connection"
++			fi
++		done
++	fi
+ 
+ 	hcnlog DEBUG "scanhcn: scan for hybrid virtual network finished"
+ }
diff --git a/SPECS/powerpc-utils.spec b/SPECS/powerpc-utils.spec
index b4a9896..6fcd13c 100644
--- a/SPECS/powerpc-utils.spec
+++ b/SPECS/powerpc-utils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: powerpc-utils
 Version: 1.3.8
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: PERL-based scripts for maintaining and servicing PowerPC systems
 
 Group: System Environment/Base
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Patch9: 0002-sys_ident--skip-length-field-from-search.patch
 Patch10: powerpc-utils-1.3.8-f1ec5f04fdac3e87c3c85c2d85f79339d916e864.patch
 Patch11: powerpc-utils-1.3.8-4b2d10942e2d964ecc1fe58c9460c34993ff10be.patch
 Patch12: powerpc-utils-1.3.8-e51995667279164a6c8ce4c3ba0217fffda22d6d.patch
+Patch13: powerpc-utils-1.3.8-fix_boot-time_bonding_interface_cleanup_and_avoid_use_ifcfg.patch
 
 %description
 PERL-based scripts for maintaining and servicing PowerPC systems.
@@ -210,6 +211,9 @@ systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_mandir}/man8/drmgr.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 03 2021 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1.3.8-5
+- Resolves: #1924150, Fix boot-time bonding interface cleanup and avoid use ifcfg
+
 * Mon Dec 21 2020 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1.3.8-4
 - Resolves: #1909526, additional patches to support Linux Hybrid Network Virtualization
 - Resolves: #1909135, move commands that dont depend on perl to core subpackage