diff --git a/tools/dev/p4vm/export-ova.sh b/tools/dev/p4vm/export-ova.sh
index 73d6ef5..7b94f23 100755
--- a/tools/dev/p4vm/export-ova.sh
+++ b/tools/dev/p4vm/export-ova.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
     ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
     -p ${SSH_PORT} sdn@127.0.0.1 "bash /vagrant/pre-ova-cleanup.sh"
 
+# Wait for VM to power off
+sleep 10
+
+# Make sure VM is not running
 vagrant halt
 
 sleep 5