diff --git a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/hostedcontrolplane_controller.go b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/hostedcontrolplane_controller.go
index f333db2cfd7..15248ab37c7 100644
--- a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/hostedcontrolplane_controller.go
+++ b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/hostedcontrolplane_controller.go
@@ -2342,6 +2342,12 @@ func (r *HostedControlPlaneReconciler) cleanupClusterNetworkOperatorResources(ct
 		if err := cnov2.SetRestartAnnotationAndPatch(ctx, r.Client, networkNodeIdentityDeployment, restartAnnotation); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to restart network node identity: %w", err)
 		}
+
+		// CNO manages overall ovnkube-control-plane deployment. CPO manages restarts.  Note that cnov2.SetRestartAnnotationAndPatch just returns err == nil if the deployment isn't found (so if OVN isn't being used)
+		ovnKubeControlPlaneDeployment := manifests.OVNKubeControlPlaneDeployment(hcp.Namespace)
+		if err := cnov2.SetRestartAnnotationAndPatch(ctx, r.Client, ovnKubeControlPlaneDeployment, restartAnnotation); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to restart ovnkube-control-plane: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Clean up ovnkube-sbdb Route if exists
diff --git a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/manifests/cno.go b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/manifests/cno.go
index ce5383e07b2..b27d1911df3 100644
--- a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/manifests/cno.go
+++ b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/manifests/cno.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 const clusterNetworkOperator = "cluster-network-operator"
 const multusAdmissionController = "multus-admission-controller"
 const networkNodeIdentity = "network-node-identity"
+const ovnKubeControlPlane = "ovnkube-control-plane"
 
 func ClusterNetworkOperatorDeployment(ns string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	return &appsv1.Deployment{
@@ -67,6 +68,15 @@ func NetworkNodeIdentityDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	}
 }
 
+func OVNKubeControlPlaneDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
+	return &appsv1.Deployment{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Name:      ovnKubeControlPlane,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func OVNKubeSBDBRoute(namespace string) *routev1.Route {
 	return &routev1.Route{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{