diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.56.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.56.0.bb
index f9fc9f3966..b04ad90738 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.56.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.56.0.bb
@@ -311,4 +311,9 @@ do_install:append() {
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG','dhcpcd','true','false',d)}; then
         install -Dm 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/enable-dhcpcd.conf ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/NetworkManager/conf.d/enable-dhcpcd.conf
     fi
+
+    # Don't ship initrd specific services into rootfs to avoid the conflict with the main services
+    rm -f ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/NetworkManager-config-initrd.service
+    rm -f ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/NetworkManager-initrd.service
+    rm -f ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/NetworkManager-wait-online-initrd.service
 }