diff --git a/src/system/keepalived-fifo.py b/src/system/keepalived-fifo.py
index a8df232ae..a0fccd1d0 100755
--- a/src/system/keepalived-fifo.py
+++ b/src/system/keepalived-fifo.py
@@ -1,184 +1,196 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
 import time
 import signal
 import argparse
 import threading
 import re
 import json
 import logging
 
 from queue import Queue
 from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler
 
 from vyos.ifconfig.vrrp import VRRP
 from vyos.configquery import ConfigTreeQuery
 from vyos.util import cmd
 from vyos.util import dict_search
+from vyos.util import commit_in_progress
 
 # configure logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logs_format = logging.Formatter('%(filename)s: %(message)s')
 logs_handler_syslog = SysLogHandler('/dev/log')
 logs_handler_syslog.setFormatter(logs_format)
 logger.addHandler(logs_handler_syslog)
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 mdns_running_file = '/run/mdns_vrrp_active'
 mdns_update_command = 'sudo /usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/service_mdns-repeater.py'
 
 # class for all operations
 class KeepalivedFifo:
     # init - read command arguments
     def __init__(self):
         logger.info('Starting FIFO pipe for Keepalived')
         # define program arguments
         cmd_args_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create FIFO pipe for keepalived and process notify events', add_help=False)
         cmd_args_parser.add_argument('PIPE', help='path to the FIFO pipe')
         # parse arguments
         cmd_args = cmd_args_parser.parse_args()
 
         self._config_load()
         self.pipe_path = cmd_args.PIPE
 
         # create queue for messages and events for syncronization
         self.message_queue = Queue(maxsize=100)
         self.stopme = threading.Event()
         self.message_event = threading.Event()
 
     # load configuration
     def _config_load(self):
+        # For VRRP configuration to be read, the commit must be finished
+        count = 1
+        while commit_in_progress():
+            if ( count <= 40 ):
+                logger.debug(f'commit in progress try: {count}')
+            else:
+                logger.error(f'commit still in progress after {count} continuing anyway')
+                break
+            count += 1
+            time.sleep(0.5)
+
         try:
             base = ['high-availability', 'vrrp']
             conf = ConfigTreeQuery()
             if not conf.exists(base):
                 raise ValueError()
 
             # Read VRRP configuration directly from CLI
             self.vrrp_config_dict = conf.get_config_dict(base,
                                      key_mangling=('-', '_'), get_first_key=True,
                                      no_tag_node_value_mangle=True)
 
             logger.debug(f'Loaded configuration: {self.vrrp_config_dict}')
         except Exception as err:
             logger.error(f'Unable to load configuration: {err}')
 
     # run command
     def _run_command(self, command):
         logger.debug(f'Running the command: {command}')
         try:
             cmd(command)
         except OSError as err:
             logger.error(f'Unable to execute command "{command}": {err}')
 
     # create FIFO pipe
     def pipe_create(self):
         if os.path.exists(self.pipe_path):
             logger.info(f'PIPE already exist: {self.pipe_path}')
         else:
             os.mkfifo(self.pipe_path)
 
     # process message from pipe
     def pipe_process(self):
         logger.debug('Message processing start')
         regex_notify = re.compile(r'^(?P<type>\w+) "(?P<name>[\w-]+)" (?P<state>\w+) (?P<priority>\d+)$', re.MULTILINE)
         while self.stopme.is_set() is False:
             # wait for a new message event from pipe_wait
             self.message_event.wait()
             try:
                 # clear mesage event flag
                 self.message_event.clear()
                 # get all messages from queue and try to process them
                 while self.message_queue.empty() is not True:
                     message = self.message_queue.get()
                     logger.debug(f'Received message: {message}')
                     notify_message = regex_notify.search(message)
                     # try to process a message if it looks valid
                     if notify_message:
                         n_type = notify_message.group('type')
                         n_name = notify_message.group('name')
                         n_state = notify_message.group('state')
                         logger.info(f'{n_type} {n_name} changed state to {n_state}')
                         # check and run commands for VRRP instances
                         if n_type == 'INSTANCE':
                             if os.path.exists(mdns_running_file):
                                 cmd(mdns_update_command)
 
                             tmp = dict_search(f'group.{n_name}.transition_script.{n_state.lower()}', self.vrrp_config_dict)
                             if tmp != None:
                                 self._run_command(tmp)
                         # check and run commands for VRRP sync groups
                         elif n_type == 'GROUP':
                             if os.path.exists(mdns_running_file):
                                 cmd(mdns_update_command)
 
                             tmp = dict_search(f'sync_group.{n_name}.transition_script.{n_state.lower()}', self.vrrp_config_dict)
                             if tmp != None:
                                 self._run_command(tmp)
                     # mark task in queue as done
                     self.message_queue.task_done()
             except Exception as err:
                 logger.error(f'Error processing message: {err}')
         logger.debug('Terminating messages processing thread')
 
     # wait for messages
     def pipe_wait(self):
         logger.debug('Message reading start')
         self.pipe_read = os.open(self.pipe_path, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
         while self.stopme.is_set() is False:
             # sleep a bit to not produce 100% CPU load
             time.sleep(0.250)
             try:
                 # try to read a message from PIPE
                 message = os.read(self.pipe_read, 500)
                 if message:
                     # split PIPE content by lines and put them into queue
                     for line in message.decode().strip().splitlines():
                         self.message_queue.put(line)
                     # set new message flag to start processing
                     self.message_event.set()
             except Exception as err:
                 # ignore the "Resource temporarily unavailable" error
                 if err.errno != 11:
                     logger.error(f'Error receiving message: {err}')
 
         logger.debug('Closing FIFO pipe')
         os.close(self.pipe_read)
 
 # handle SIGTERM signal to allow finish all messages processing
 def sigterm_handle(signum, frame):
     logger.info('Ending processing: Received SIGTERM signal')
     fifo.stopme.set()
     thread_wait_message.join()
     fifo.message_event.set()
     thread_process_message.join()
 
 signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handle)
 
 # init our class
 fifo = KeepalivedFifo()
 # try to create PIPE if it is not exist yet
 # It looks like keepalived do it before the script will be running, but if we
 # will decide to run this not from keepalived config, then we may get in
 # trouble. So it is betteer to leave this here.
 fifo.pipe_create()
 # create and run dedicated threads for reading and processing messages
 thread_wait_message = threading.Thread(target=fifo.pipe_wait)
 thread_process_message = threading.Thread(target=fifo.pipe_process)
 thread_wait_message.start()
 thread_process_message.start()